Lily Wong Fillmore | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1934 (age 89–90) |
| Occupation(s) | professor, linguist |
| Spouse | Charles J. Fillmore |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | Stanford University |
| Thesis | The second time around: Cognitive and social strategies in second language acquisition (1976) |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Linguist |
| Sub-discipline | Second language acquisition |
Lilly Wong Fillmore (born 1934) is an American linguist. She is Professor Emerita in the Graduate School of Education at the University of California, Berkeley. Her research has focused on second language learning and teaching and on education in language minority communities.[1]