Annie Abbott is Assistant Professor at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign where her students' ratings consistently rank her as an excellent instructor.nbsp;nbsp;She has almost ten years experience coordinating courses and training TAs and has served as Acting Director of Basic Language Instruction in Spanish. nbsp; In 2004, Ann revised an existing advanced Spanish conversation course to include community service learning.nbsp; Twelve students worked with one community partner that first semester.nbsp; Now an average of almost 100 students work with at least eight community partners each semester. Ann directs "Spanish & Illinois" (www.spanishandillinois.uiuc.edu), a program… that offers a full range of opportunities for UIUC students to use Spanish in the real world.nbsp;