Dr M. Mar Encinas-Puente Spanish Language Studies Co

Dr M. Mar Encinas-Puente
Spanish Language Studies Co-ordinator
YA Co-ordinator
Location: Arts One 2.19.b
email: m.encinas-puente@qmul.ac.uk
Phone: (+44) 020-7882-8326
Fax: (+44) 020-8980-5400
Office hours during term times:
Tuesday: 2pm - 3pm
Thursday: 12noon - 1pm
& by appointment
Areas of Specialisation
Language course design (on-line teaching and traditional programs) on:
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Vocabulary acquisition for medical, legal, journalistic and financial professions.
Spanish & Latin-American literature and cinema.
Teaching:
I am currently teaching and/or organizing the following language modules:
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Introductory Spanish (HSP179)
Spanish I (HSP176)
Spanish II (HSP233)
Spanish II Intensive (HSP271)
Spanish III (HSP646)
I have taught and organized the following content modules:
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El relato corto en Juan Rulfo, Julio Cortázar, Alejo Carpentier y Jorge.Luis Borges.
(SPAN 3410). George Washington University (Washington DC, USA)
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Latin American women writers. The shorts stories of Elena Poniatowska and
Rosario Ferré. (SPAN 058-107). Howard University (Washington DC, USA)
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The last generation of Spanish film makers: Amenábar, Almodóvar, Albadalejo, F.
León, Medem, and I. Bollain (210.343). Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, USA)
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English to Spanish translation for the professions (210.345). Johns Hopkins
University (Baltimore, USA)
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Modern Spanish Culture (212.290). Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, USA)
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Advanced Spanish composition (210.317). Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore,
USA)
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Theater of Spain and Latin-America workshop (211.433). Johns Hopkins
University (Baltimore, USA)
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Spain in the movies (210.343). Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, USA)
Administration
Interim Chair YA Committee
Spanish Language Co-ordinator
Spanish YA Co-ordinator
Vacation Grants
Santander Grant
Out-going ERASMUS students
ERASMUS Staff Mobility Program
Background
I completed my MA degree in classical philology at Universidad de Salamanca (Spain)
and my Ph.D. in Latin-American literature at The Catholic University of America
(Washington DC, USA). The title of my doctoral dissertation was Metafiction and
Intertextuality in Julio Cortázar´s and other Latin American writers’ short stories.
Academic Director
Spanish Online Learning Academy (Madrid, Spain)
Online Teaching (digital platform: Moodle)
Spanish for the professions: medical, legal and business Spanish
Grupo Español (Salamanca, Spain)
Responsible for the international academic program between G r u p o E s p a ñ o l and
the Russian universities Lomonossov, MGU, MGIMO and URAP
Most recent publications
Articles
2013 'Identidades en tránsito. Viajes voluntarios e involuntarios', in C.L.A.V.E Literaria,
Revista digital de la Asociación de Escritores y Críticos literarios. (Valencia: C.L.A.V.E), pp.
76 -79. [Link to article (pdf format)] [Link to publisher]
2013 'El relato digital educativo en el aula de español: una puerta abierta a la
creatividad', Marco ELE. (London: Instituto Cervantes) pp. 44 -54. [Link to article (pdf
format)] [Link to publisher]
Most recent presentations conferences/ seminars
2012 'El relato digital en el aula de español. Actividad para estudiantes de tercer año, a
su regreso del año en el extranjero'. II Encuentro para profesores universitarios y centros
formadores de E.L.E (London: Instituto Cervantes), 26 June 2012. [Link to presentation
(pdf format)]
2012 'Subjects in transit, voluntary and involuntary travellers. Review of Woody Allen's
film Vicky, Cristina, Barcelona. Facultat de Filologia, Traducció i Comunicació,
Universitat de Valencia, 26-28 April 2012.
2011' La exposición de procedimientos penales en el cine y su traducción en español.
Aspectos morfosintácticos y pragmáticos relevantes en el contexto comunicativo en el
que se producen'. I Encuentro para profesores universitarios y centros formadores de
E.L.E. Instituto Cervantes, London, 22 June 2011.
Fellowships
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Technology Fellowship Award for the development of online enhancement of Span
212.290. Culture and History of Spain (V to XVII centuries).
Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, USA.
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Technology Fellowship Award for the development of online enhancement of Span
212.290. Modern Spanish Culture. Culture and History of Spain (XVIII to XXI centuries).
Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, USA.
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Kenan Grant for online enhancement of SPAN 210.326. Advanced Spanish.
Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, USA.