TEACHING AND SUPERVISION

INTRODUCTION TO HISPANIC LITERATURE

Students gain a broad perspective of Hispanic literature, ranging from Medieval Spain to Colonial America, the literary Avant-Garde movements as well as Boom period. Narrative, poetry, theatre, and essay formats are covered, together with the basics of research methodology and literary analysis.

TRANSLATION AND LITERATURE

Students learn about the main theories and debates concerning contemporary literary translation. They explore the issues that arise during literary translation of a variety of genres, including prose, poetry, and drama, and their specific cross-language, cross-cultural transfer concerns.

INTRODUCTION TO LINGUISTICS

Students learn fundamental aspects of linguistics, including syntax, morphology, semantics, phonology, and phonetics. Taught as Teaching Assistant at the University of Toronto, Scarborough.

ENGLISH GRAMMAR

Through a linguistic approach and a focus on the major grammatical categories, students learn about the fundamentals of English grammar. Taught as Teaching Assistant at the University of Toronto, Mississauga.

BEGINNER SPANISH

Students learn basic vocabulary, grammar, sounds of Spanish, as well as introductory aspects of Hispanic culture.

INTERMEDIATE SPANISH

Students further develop listening, speaking, reading, and writing in Spanish.

ADVANCED SPANISH

Students hone details of the Spanish language, arriving at a near-native or native-like level. This level prepares students to continue with literary or linguistic pursuits in advanced Spanish courses.

ACADEMIC SPANISH FOR NATIVE AND HERITAGE SPEAKERS

Students with a Hispanic background are taken through an accelerated course in orthography, linguistics, some literature and grammar so that they may move onto advanced Hispanic literature and linguistics courses.

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