My Teaching
As a teacher, I design and organize my courses around three key dimensions: content, interaction, and assessment.
- Content is selected and integrated in accordance with institutional objectives, my pedagogical goals, and my students’ interests, needs, and prior knowledge.
- Interaction plays a central role in my classes. I encourage students to collaborate with one another and engage actively with me throughout the learning process. I view teaching as a communicative practice aimed at the collaborative construction of knowledge. To support this process, I integrate technology in ways that make learning more accessible, engaging, and meaningful.
- Assessment is an equally important component of my teaching practice. It enables me to evaluate the extent to which course objectives have been achieved and to reflect on my pedagogical approaches. Assessment also provides me with valuable feedback that informs and enhances student learning.
Courses Taught
Undergraduate Courses
On Language Learning:
- Spanish Bilingualism
- Language Learning and Globalization
- Owning the Bilingual Self
- Bilingualism in the US
- Second Language Acquisition and Development of Spanish Sounds
- Communicative Development in Spanish as a First Language
- Research Topics in Language Acquisition
- Acquisition of Spanish as a Second Language
On Language Teaching:
- Spanish Language Teaching as Reflective Practice
- Interdisciplinary Educational Research
- Pre-service Teacher Training: Teacher Training in Spanish as a First Language and English as a
Foreign Language - The Teaching of Spanish in the US
On L2 Spanish:
- Fundamentals of Spanish Language and Culture
- Beginning, Intermediate, and Advanced Spanish
- Spanish for the Professions: Medical Spanish, Spanish for Journalism, Business Spanish, Legal Spanish, Spanish for Social Work
- Advanced Spanish Composition
- Spanish Conversation
- Advanced Spanish Grammar
- Spanish Composition and Oral Practice I|
- Spanish Composition and Oral Practice III
- Spanish Academic Writing I
- Spanish Academic Writing I
On Spanish Linguistics:
- Understanding Spanish Structure and Use
- Spanish Phonetics and Pronunciation
- The Structure of Spanish
- Topics in Spanish Language I (Spanish Semantics)
- Introduction to Spanish Linguistics
- Spanish Syntax
- Spanish Semantics: Language and Meaning
- Spanish Semantic and Pragmatics
- Introduction to Linguistics
- Academic Writing and Linguistic Research
- Linguistic Research Problems I and Il
- Sociolinguistics
- Research Methods in Linguistic
Graduate Courses
On Language Learning:
- Spanish Bilingualism
- Topics in Hispanic Linguistics (Acquisition of Spanish as a Second Language)
On Language Teaching:
- From Reflective Planning to Delivery in Language Teaching
- Approaches to Romance Language Instruction
- Project-based Pedagogy and Educational Research
- The Teaching of Spanish in the U
On Spanish Linguistics:
- Studies in Spanish Linguistics (Spanish Semantics)
- Spanish Syntax