EMPLOYMENT TIMELINE
CURRENT
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR (PROFESOR AYUDANTE DOCTOR)
2022-PRESENT
ENGLISH LECTURER
2009-2022
LANGUAGE POLICY DEPARTMENT
UNIVERSIDAD FRANCISCO DE VITORIA, MADRID
- syllabus design and lecturing Foundations of the English Language (6 ECTS) (Introduction to English Linguistics) (2022-ongoing)
- syllabus design and lecturing English Phonetics and Phonology (6 ECTS) (2014-2023)
- lecturing and designing official ESP (English for Specific Purposes) and EAP (English for Academic Purposes) courses in the following degrees (6 ECTS/3 ECTS): Medicine, Biotechnology, Nursing, Physiotherapy, Law, Business Studies, Advertising, Media Studies, Journalism, Architecture, Fine Arts, Design, Education (Primary and Early Childhood), Sports Sciences (2009-ongoing)
- teaching general English (CEFR A2-C1) on official degree courses (6 ECTS/3 ECTS) (2020-ongoing)
- teaching general English (CEFR A2-C1) to university students (extra-curricular) and staff (2009-ongoing)
TEACHING MOBILITY
- INHOLLAND University of Applied Sciences, Amsterdam, Netherlands (2014)
- WSEI Cracow, Poland (2023)
TEACHING INNOVATION PROJECTS:
- PI (Principal Investigator) / Innovation CommunityUFV: International Language Day (2021-ongoing)
- Member / Innovation Project UCM: Qué (no) sabemos sobre la diversidad lingüística: concienciación sobre la variación y las actitudes lingüísticas a través de seminarios y recursos didácticos en abierto (2023-24) (230€)
- Member / Innovation Project UFV: Compartiendo inquietudes (2017-18) (1.500€)
- Member / Innovation Project UFV: Nuevas Narrativas para Europa desde las Humanidades: habilidades de pensamiento crítico dentro del ámbito de la ética y la responsabilidad social (2017-18) (258€)
RESEARCH - phonetics/phonology/pronunciation of English and Spanish, intelligibility, language attitudes, critical thinking and international communication.
- Member / Research Project UCM / State funded: TECNICAS EXPERIMENTALES EN SOCIOLINGUISTICA: EFECTOS METODOLOGICOS EN EL ESTUDIO DE LAS ACTITUDES LINGUISTICAS (2022-25) (65.307€)
- Reviewer: ELIA: Estudios de Lingüística Inglesa Aplicada (Studies in Applied English Linguistics)
INSTITUTO CERVANTES DELE EXAMINER
2017-PRESENT
DELE EXAMINATION CENTRE
UNIVERSIDAD FRANCISCO DE VITORIA, MADRID
- interlocutor and assessor of the DELE speaking paper (A1-C2)
- DELE A2 coordinator
- head examiner
- exam administration, management, invigilation/proctoring
OTHER RELEVANT ACTIVITIES
- EXTERNAL MENTOR on MOOC: English Pronunciation in a Global World, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Future Learn (2021)
- FREELANCE ENGLISH PRONUNCIATION COACH
PAST
ENGLISH TEACHER
7-8/2010
AULA INTERNACIONAL, MADRID
- taught English to children between 4 and 12
- taught English Phonetics and Phonology
ENGLISH TEACHER
3/2008-9/2009
INLINGUA, MADRID
- taught general and business English (CEFR A2-B2) to groups, private clients and civil servants of the Autonomous Region of Madrid
- designed skill-based courses and level-tests
ENGLISH TEACHER
3/2008-9/2009
ALWAYS IDIOMAS, MADRID
- taught English courses (A1-C2) to groups and individual clients
- taught in-company classes (Red.es, etc.)
ENGLISH TEACHER
3/2008-9/2009
TALENTA, MADRID
- taught private English classes to individual clients
GROUP LEADER
7-8/2009
SPRACHCAFE, EXMOUTH, DEVON, UK
- organised leisure activitiies for teenagers
- dealt with contact between students and host families
- dealt with student transfers
SPANISH TEACHER
2-6/2007
BUENA VISTA, KRAKOW
- taught Spanish as a foreign language (A1-B1)
SPANISH TEACHER (ON-STAFF AND INTERN)
12/2007-6/2007
GENERAL SECONDARY SCHOOL NO. 6, KRAKOW
BILINGUAL SPANISH-POLISH SECTION
- taught Spanish as an intern in the bilingual section (A2-C2)
- taught Spanish as part of staff in the bilingual section (B1-B2)