Mariana Gonzalez Boluda

Email:
m.gonzalezboluda@reading.ac.uk
Phone:
01183786575
Job title:
Lecturer in Spanish Language

Responsibilities:

Social Media Officer, Department of Languages and Cultures

Office

Miller 125

Building location

Miller building

Areas of interest

Third language acquisition in multilingual contexts
Film in language teaching to develop intercultural competence and encourage autonomous learning
Hybrid language teaching and learning in Higher Education and the development of writing skills in virtual environments
Multimodal projects and critical pedagogies
Sustainability in language teaching

Teaching

I convene and teach SP2L4 / SP3L4 (Advanced Spanish Language II)
I co-teach on the following modules:
Advanced Spanish I (SP2L3, SP3L3)

Research centres and groups

I am currently involved in two Special Interest groups

SIG ELE UK‘Decolonisation of Spanish language teaching in Higher Education in the UK’
SIG AULC 'Pedagogical approaches to language variation'

I am also part of the following educational research networks

ReN Learner Autonomy, AILA

Educational research network DIM-EDU Pedagogies, Innovation y Multimedia

Background

I have over twenty years’ experience of teaching language, culture and linguistics in France, Jamaica, the USA and the UK in a variety of settings and with students from diverse backgrounds. I am constantly exploring new pedagogical tools for language learning and encouraging collaborative work and student engagement in the classroom. All of my research in applied linguistics guides my teaching approach. I am currently researching about the impact of integrating multimodal projects and critical pedagogies to engage students in critical dialogue about social justice, inequalities and environmental issues in the Spanish-speaking world.

Academic qualifications

Academic Qualifications:

Fellow of the Higher Education Academy
PhD in Applied Linguistics (University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain)
MEd in Open and Distance Education Learning. ( UNED, Spain)
DEA, Diploma of Advanced Studies Development of Multimedia and New Methodologies in Foreign Language Teaching (UNED, Spain)
BA in Hispanic Philology (University of Murcia, Spain)

Professional bodies/affiliations

I am a member of

Selected publications

2023

Multimodal approach based on digital projects: Strategies to integrate critical pedagogies in the teaching of Spanish as a Foreign Language, Roig Vila, R. (Ed.) Actas ICON, 2^nd International Congress Education and Knowledge, Universidad de Alicante, Spain, 2023

2022

Online Language Learning in a University Context in the USA and the UK. Roig Vila, R. (Ed.) Actas ICON, 1^st International Congress Education and Knowledge, Universidad de Alicante, Spain, 2022

2020

Nuevas tecnologías para el desarrollo de la destreza escrita en estudiantes universitarios jamaicanos,
Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain, 2020

2018

Implementación de la Modalidad Online para el Aprendizaje de ELE en un contexto universitario en Estados Unidos, chapter published in Casos de éxito en aprendizaje ubicuo y social mediado con tecnologías, Red EuLES, Entornos uLearning en educación superior, 2018, 43-52 Prensas de la Universidad de Zaragoza, Spain

2016

earning Spanish Agreement in a multilingual university context: the case of Jamaican students, Boletín de Lingüística, XXVIII/45-46 / Ene - Dic, 2016: 27-43 Universidad Central de Venezuela.

2015

Towards an intercultural perspective in Manuals of Spanish as a Foreign Language, Journal Zona Próxima, No 22, 2015, 216-225, Universidad del Norte, Colombia

2013

Redes sociales para el aprendizaje de lenguas extranjeras en un contexto
universitario. En Gorka, J. Palazio (Ed.) Actas de Ikasnabar 2013. VI Congreso
Internacional sobre Educación Abierta y Tecnología. MOOCs, PLEs y plataformas
de eLearning. Leioa: Universidad del País Vasco

2012

Use of Blogs and Social Networks for Foreign Language Learning in a University Context, Journal Núcleo No 29, 2012, 39-57, Central University of Venezuela
Exploring autonomous learning as a way of improving Foreign Language proficiency in Jamaican Tertiary Education. The UWI Quality Education Forum. Special Peer - Reviewed Issue on the Teaching / Learning Process at the University Level. University of the West Indies, Jamaica. January 2012
Towards Language Learner Autonomy in Higher Education through the use of Blogs and Wikis, Journal Zona Próxima, No 16, 2012 14-29, from the Universidad del Norte, Colombia

2010

Comparative study of online translators: Systran, Reverso and Google
Journal Núcleo No 27, 2010,187-216, Central University of Venezuela, Caracas

Conference presentations

2024

Integración de pedagogías críticas: Diversidad e inclusión en el aprendizaje de ELE, 34th International ASELE and ELE UK Conference, University of Edinburgh, UK
Enfoque multimodal basado en proyectos de justicia social en la enseñanza de ELE, Virtual USATIC 2024, Ubicuo y Social: Aprendicaje con TIC, Red EuLES, University of Zaragoza, Spain
Aprendizaje inclusivo a través de un enfoque multimodal en la enseñanza de ELE en el ámbito universitario ICON EDU, International Congress: Education and Knowledge, University of Alicante, Spain