Spanish options
Degrees Programmes offering Spanish as a Major language
Spanish Staff
Gladis García Soza [Senior
Lecturer/Principal Teaching Fellow] Graduate from the University of
Chile, Santiago . MA in Experimental
Phonetics, Essex. Postgraduate courses in Educational Psychology,
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, USA
.
Postgraduate Certificate in Higher
Education Practice. Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.
Tel: 01206 872 186, Email: gladis@essex.ac.uk, Office: 4.320
Learning and Teaching Interests: Curriculum and module
design, assessment in language teaching, information technology
and intercultural competence in language learning.
Other interests: Popular culture of
Latin America and Spain; Latin American and Spanish contemporary issues.
Module Director for
LA411/412 - Intensive Spanish,
LA447 - From the Caves to Modern Graffiti,
LA450 - Subsidiary Spanish,
LA459 - Spanish Project,
LA467 - Contemporary
Spanish Language & Culture, LA470 - Final Honours Spanish;
& LA479 - Spanish
Dissertation.
Jessie MALLINSON - [Senior Teaching Fellow]
Tel: 01206 872 229, Email: mallj@essex.ac.uk, Office: 4.205
Jessie
Mallinson studied at the University of Essex where she obtained a BA Hons
Latin American Studies. She joined the Department of Language &
Linguistics in 1992 and has taught on a variety of courses. She is
interested in the development of teaching materials for beginners’
students in a Higher Education context. She also has a strong interest in
Latin American, and particularly Mexican, culture.
She is director of the Initial LA410 and Elementary Spanish LA420 Modules.
Teresa TORRES,
B.A. Universidad Complutense, Madrid,
M.A. Essex.
[Senior Teaching
Fellow]
Tel: 01206 872 110, Email: torrmi@essex.ac.uk, Office: 4.213
She joined Essex in 1992. Ms Torres
is Module Director for LA430 - Intermediate Spanish, LA440 - Advanced
Level
Spanish and LA457 - Spanish & Latin American Art Film and Media.
She studied at the Universidad Complutense in Madrid where she trained as
a language teacher. She joined Essex in 1992 and gained an MA
in Applied Linguistics while teaching at Essex. She is interested in
developing teaching materials and Latin American and Spanish culture,
particularly music, art and cinema.
Teresa is director of LA430 (Intermediate Spanish), LA440 (Advanced
Spanish) and LA457 (Spanish and Latin American Art, Film and Music)
