Wilfried Decoo (born 1946) is a
Flemish
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* Flemish region, one of the three regions of Belgium
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* Flemish dialects, a Dutch dialec ...
academic. He is a professor with the department of French and Italian at
Brigham Young University
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and also a professor at the
University of Antwerp
The University of Antwerp () is a major Belgian university located in the city of Antwerp. The official abbreviation is ''UAntwerp''. The University of Antwerp has about 20,000 students, which makes it the third-largest university in Flanders. ...
. Decoo is also a contributor to the Mormon blog Times and Seasons.
Decoo has a B.A. from UFSIA (Antwerp Jesuit University, presently merged into
University of Antwerp
The University of Antwerp () is a major Belgian university located in the city of Antwerp. The official abbreviation is ''UAntwerp''. The University of Antwerp has about 20,000 students, which makes it the third-largest university in Flanders. ...
) and an M.A. from
Ghent University
Ghent University (, abbreviated as UGent) is a Public university, public research university located in Ghent, in the East Flanders province of Belgium.
Located in Flanders, Ghent University is the second largest Belgian university, consisting o ...
. His Ph.D. is from
Brigham Young University
Brigham Young University (BYU) is a Private education, private research university in Provo, Utah, United States. It was founded in 1875 by religious leader Brigham Young and is the flagship university of the Church Educational System sponsore ...
. Decoo is a convert to
the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
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. Decoo has served multiple terms as the chair of the department of education at the University of Antwerp.
Among books by Decoo are ''Systemization in Foreign Language Teaching: Monitoring Content Progression (Routledge Research in Education)'' and ''Crisis on Campus: Confronting Academic Misconduct''
link to extracts of book in Google books
/ref> the later published by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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.
References
External links
Times and Seasons bio of Decoo
Mormon Scholars testify bio
MIT Press entry on Decoo
1946 births
Living people
Belgian Christians
Latter Day Saints
Converts to Mormonism
Ghent University alumni
Brigham Young University alumni
Brigham Young University faculty
Academic staff of the University of Antwerp
Flemish academics
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