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EDUCATION - Ph.D. in Spanish Applied Linguistic
University of Seville, Spain, pending
- M.A. in Spanish Literature
Rice University, Houston, TX, 1999
- M.A. in Spanish Linguistics
University of Seville, Spain, 1996 - Certificate for Overseas teachers of English.
Royal Society of Arts / University of Cambridge at the British
Council of Madrid, Spain, 1991 - Magisters in Elementary Education with a
Minor in English for Secondary School.
University of Seville, Spain, 1986 WORK EXPERIENCE & ACHIEVEMENTS Universities Rice University, Houston, Texas.
Spanish lecturer, July 2006 – present
- Introductory and Intermediate classes of Spanish language and
culture.
- Use of technological resources to teach and evaluate the progress
of my students, such as e-mail exchanges, text-chats, Tell-Me-More
language program and ExTemplate assessment program.
-Coordinator of the Spanish presentation for the International
Education Week, Nov. 2006.
- Spanish instructor at the Baker Institute, present: Introductory
classes for the Board members and staff to help them communicate
with foreign visitors and personalities.
- Spanish graduate teaching assistant, 1997–1999
- Introduction to Spanish language and culture I.
- Coordinated an e-mail exchange for first-year students of Spanish
at Rice Un. and the University of Australia. University of Houston, Texas, Spring 2000
Spanish lecturer:
- Beginners class of Spanish language and culture.
- Use of multimedia resources such as movies, internet and newspapers
to develop the Spanish language skills in the communicatively-based
curriculum required by the U. of H.
- Required students to meet with native speakers in a “Spanish
Table” group to practice their conversational skills.
University of Lodz, Lodz, Poland, 1990–1992
Spanish lecturer:
- Introductory, Intermediate and Advanced level classes of the
Spanish language and culture.
- Collaborator of the Summer Courses of Spanish Language and Culture,
which provided an immersion environment for second year level students
of Spanish from all Polish universities.
- Co-founder of “Club Hispano”, an academic university
club that promoted the language and Hispanic cultures where students
collaborated in the planning of cultural events.
- Promoter of an educational program that created the study of
Spanish as a Foreign Language in Lodz’s secondary public
schools.
-Initiator and organizer of an International Exchange Visit program
between secondary schools students from Poland and Spain during
the 1992 World Fair in Seville. Schools Houston Independent School District, Houston, Texas
Johnston Middle School, 2005-2006
- Spanish teacher for six classes in the 6th and 7th grades.
- Creator of a special Spanish class for students whose home language
was Spanish to help them reach a higher academic level.
Herod Elementary School, 2001– 2005
- Spanish teacher for all students in the Gifted and Talented program.
- Founder and coordinator of the Bolivia Project, a pen-pal exchange
and charity program between the children of Herod Elementary and
a low income Bolivian school. St. Mark’s Lutheran School, Houston, Texas, 1999 – 2001
- Spanish teacher for middle school grades.
- Founder and organizer of a Spanish Club.
- Planner of a pen-pal program between Colegio San Agustín
de Sevilla, Spain and St. Mark’s L.S. Colegio San
Agustín, Seville, Spain, 1994 – 1995
- English teacher for 5th – 8th grades.
- Organized a pen-pal program between a School in England and
Colegio San Agustín. Colegio Alemán de Sevilla, Seville, Spain, 1986 – 1990,
and 1996 – 1997
- Teacher coordinator for all subjects from 1st to 5th grade.
- English Teacher for 5th– 8th grades.
- Founder of an mail & visits language exchange program, between
the 8th graders of the Warden Park School in Sussex, England, and
the Colegio Alemán de Sevilla. Other
Teaching contributions -Institute of
Hispanic Culture of Houston, Texas, Spring 2006:
Spanish instructor for beginners.
-New Century engineering Support Services, LLC, Houston, Texas,
2001: Introductory conversational Spanish to a group of Engineers
who wanted to do business in Hispanic-America.
-Mayor Bill White, Houston, Texas, 2003: I am honored to have tutored
the Mayor of Houston.
-Private classes of Spanish, 1986–2006: Spanish instructor
for wide range of skill levels for groups and individuals in Spain,
Poland, and the U.S.A.
RESEARCH, LECTURES & PUBLICATIONS Texas Tech University,
Lubbock, Texas, Spring 2000: Presented a lecture on the “Carajicomedia”,
humorous poems from XVI Century Spain about the daily relationships
between men and
women.
Rice University, Spring 1999: Researched the misogynist satire
found in the “Songbook of Laugh-provoking Mocking Works”,
an anonymous book from 1519 Spain, and used it as the thesis for
my Master of Arts in a Spanish Literature.
First International Symposium of Eastern and Western Europe
and the Spanish-speaking World, University of Krakow, Poland, Fall
1996. Created a socio-linguistic survey and presented a lecture
on how spoken and written Spanish used in Soviet-bloc countries,
such as Cuba, had influenced the teaching and lexicon of Spanish
at universities in Poland.
University of Lodz, Poland,
Fall 1991: Founded and edited PUNKT, a newsletter for Spanish instructors
throughout Poland to help them share their concerns and experiences
with the teaching of Spanish. The newsletter was sponsored and
distributed by the Spanish Embassy.
Spring 1991: Published an article in the French Newsletter “Entrefilets” about
the teaching of Spanish in Lodz.
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
- American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages, U.S.A.
- Texas Foreign Language Association, Texas, U.S.A.
- Association of Teaching Spanish as a Foreign Language, Spain.
- Association of English Teachers of Spain.
- Association of Spanish Teachers in Europe.
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