Editing Tracy D. Terrell (section)

==Career==
Tracy D. Terrell graduated from the [[University of Texas at Austin]] with a Ph.D. in [[linguistics]] and in a comparatively short career of twenty-two years became one of the most important American Hispanists and theoretical linguists.  He taught at the [[University of California, Irvine]] from 1970 until 1985 when he accepted a position in the linguistics department at the University of California, San Diego.  He retired in 1989, finally succumbing to [[AIDS]] in 1991.  He is credited along with [[Stephen Krashen]] with the development of the “Natural Approach” to second language learning, now a widely utilized method of teaching second languages. In addition, he is widely respected for his work in Hispanic linguistics.  Dr. Terrell was fluent in [[Spanish language|Spanish]], [[French language|French]], [[German language|German]], [[Italian language|Italian]], [[Portuguese language|Portuguese]], and [[Dutch language|Dutch]]—for which he had a special affection.