Department:

Modern Languages

Education:

• Ph.D. PhD student in Education. University of La Laguna, Spain (on-going).
• M.A. Education and Technology. University of La Laguna, Spain, 2017. & Teaching Spanish as a Second Language. University of Alcala, Spain, 2013.
• B.A. Department of Linguistic and Cultural Studies, Degree in European Languages and Cultures. University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Italy, 2007.

Other Diplomas & Certificates:

• DELE examiner (all levels)
  
  

Abbreviated Curriculum Vitae:

ELE (Spanish as Foreign Language) teacher since 1996. She has worked in different schools and language teaching institutions in Italy and Turkey and has always been actively involved in course design including curriculum, class materials and assessment.
As a teacher training or conference presenter, she has collaborated with Cervantes Institute, Istanbul University, Girona University, the Directorate of Educational Programs of the Embassy of Spain, LEND (Lingua e nuova didattica) association and Edinumen and SGEL publishers.
She has been part of the Spanish instructors’ team at Boğaziçi University since 2015, where she has participated in the design of the internship program for preservice Spanish teachers and tutored students from Comillas Foundation, Girona University and Valencia International University. She is also a member of the organization committee of Jornadas de Formación de Profesorado ELE, a conference for Spanish teachers that have been taking place at Boğaziçi University since 2014.

Research Interests:

SFL teaching, ICT integration in the curriculum, formative assessment, learning design, learner autonomy, key competencies development.

Publications :

“Collaborative digital narration as a strategy for the development of competences in Spanish as a foreign language”. ELE Anatolia Newsletter, the digital magazine of the Directorate of Educational Programs in Turkey, 3, 36-48, 2017.

“Assessing in modern times. The assessment by rubrics in the ELE class”. ELE Anatolia Newsletter, the digital magazine of the Directorate of Educational Programs in Turkey, 2, 20-24, 2016.

“Rubrics for the assessment in ELE class” II. Uluslararası Dil, Kültür ve Edebiyat Çalıştayı, 8-10 Haziran 2016, Akdeniz Üniversitesi, Antalya, ISBN: 978-605-84052-2-6, 250-254.

“Ideas for the development of digital competence through the incorporation of ICT in the ELE class”. ELE Anatolia Newsletter, the digital magazine of the Directorate of Educational Programs in Turkey, 1, 6-8, 2015.

Adaptation of the story “Un jornalero” to reference level B1 of the CEFR in “Cuentos escogidos” by Leopoldo Alas Clarín (51-60). Collection “Literatura Hispánica de Fácil Lectura”. Ed. SGEL, Madrid, 2013.

“Cuban narrative in the 19th century: independence, abolitionism, and exile”. Revista Mediterraneo, 8, 47-61. Istanbul, 2011.

“How do Havanese speak? Study on Cuban speech in the capital of the island”. Revista Mediterraneo, 5, 49-75. Istanbul, 2009.