Kelly Arispe (Ph.D), is an Associate Professor at Boise State University where she teaches upper-division Spanish courses with an emphasis in Hispanic Linguistics. She is also the Program Coordinator for French, German and Spanish pre-service teacher candidates receiving a major in Secondary Education. Her research is in Second Language Development and Computer Assisted Language Learning, specifically as it relates to intermediate and advanced language learners. She is a certified Oral Proficiency examiner by the American Council of Foreign Language Teaching and her research and praxis stems from the intersection of standards-based practices and the implementation of instructional technologies at the intermediate and advanced levels.