{"id":919,"date":"2019-03-25T12:38:45","date_gmt":"2019-03-25T18:38:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/?p=919"},"modified":"2019-03-25T14:50:43","modified_gmt":"2019-03-25T20:50:43","slug":"professor-spotlight-shaun-mccroy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/index.php\/2019\/03\/25\/professor-spotlight-shaun-mccroy\/","title":{"rendered":"Professor Spotlight: Shaun McCrory"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ul class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-1 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/55811462_1189477501226065_1790232962717974528_n-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"943\" data-link=\"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/index.php\/2019\/03\/25\/professor-spotlight-shaun-mccroy\/55811462_1189477501226065_1790232962717974528_n\/#main\" class=\"wp-image-943\" srcset=\"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/55811462_1189477501226065_1790232962717974528_n-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/55811462_1189477501226065_1790232962717974528_n-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/55811462_1189477501226065_1790232962717974528_n-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/55811462_1189477501226065_1790232962717974528_n-570x428.jpg 570w, https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/55811462_1189477501226065_1790232962717974528_n-380x285.jpg 380w, https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/55811462_1189477501226065_1790232962717974528_n-285x214.jpg 285w, https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/55811462_1189477501226065_1790232962717974528_n.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Photo: Jerry Galindo<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Professor-spotlight0325_mixdown.mp3\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap\">Language and writing lecturer Shaun McCrory has been teaching for 12 years. He first started teaching English Criminology in England and Spain. Eventually, his wife applied for a position in the United States, and he found a job at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley and has been lecturing at UTRGV for almost a year. McCrory tells UTRGV Radio how his passion for teaching began.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[su_quote]\u201cWhen I first started teaching English as a second language, it was the first time I really analyzed my own language. I realized the nuances and things I wanted to research further myself, and I thought the best way to do research was at a different university. So, bilingualism has always interested me, and what a wonderful area to come and study bilingualism.\u201d[\/su_quote]<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>McCrory encourages his students to join the linguistics seminars held every Thursday available to students and staff.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[su_quote]\u201cIt\u2019s an opportunity for faculty and students who are doing research in language to present the research. All kinds of levels can go, and anybody with any interest in language and linguistics, it\u2019s a wonderful opportunity to go listen and see how good UTRGV is. And you receive free pizza, free soda, and it\u2019s just on a Thursday for an hour or so.\u201d[\/su_quote]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>McCrory tells UTRGV Radio that before leaving Europe his view of the United States was not the best, but he tells us why his mind set has changed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[su_quote]\u201cI was so struck by when I came how different it was to what I expected. The people are super friendly. In class, the vast majority are very attentive, interested to learn. But, I\u2019m always struck by how industrious the students are and how they love to engage in class and communication, so debate is used in class all very, very prolonged. 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