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CURRICULUM VITAE

Marta Guadalupe Montemayor Menchaca.

1. Academic Training

- Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. Doctoral Candidate in Hispanic Linguistics. (A. B. D.) Thesis title El superestrato inglés como factor de cambio linguístico en el español de : necesidad o estilo. (The English Superestratum as a Factor of Linguistic Change in San Antonio Spanish: Need or Style) (Work in progress).

- University of Texas at San Antonio. Master of Arts Degree in Spanish 1994-1995. concentration: Hispanic Linguistics.

- Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México UNAM (National Autonomous University of Mexico) All course completed towards the Master’s Degree in Hispanic Linguistics, 1981- 1984.

- Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México UNAM (National Autonomous University of Mexico. Undergraduate Degree (Licenciatura) in Spanish Language and Literature (l972- 1978). Presentation of thesis, Sintaxis del gerundio absoluto en el habla popular de la ciudad de México. June 17, 1982 Cum Laude (Mención Honorífica).

- Specialization. Two semesters of Hearing and Language Therapy (1972).

- School of Education, Escuela Nacional de Maestros (National Teacher’s School) 1968- 1970. Presentation of final exam and certification - 1972.

1.1 Other Studies

- SPN 5483. Studies in Hispanic Culture. UTSA. Three graduate credits. Fall 1995. - SPN 5813. Studies in Hispanic Literature. UTSA. Three graduate credits. Fall 1995. - The Use of Video in Foreign Language Instruction. University of Texas at San Antonio. Texas Education Agency. April 6, 1992. - Error Analysis, Workshop EPESA-UNAM, Texas, USA. February l992. - Course on material design for use in the lab, October 3-6 1989, Professor M. Buck, CEPE- UNAM. - Course on listening comprehension. August 1-9, l989 CEPE- UNAM.

1 - Course Interaction in the Classroom and the Role of the Teacher. Taught by A. Hildreth, and J. Canuto, Spring, 1987. Permanent Extension School in San Antonio EPESA- UNAM. - Course The Natural Approach in the Teaching of Spanish taught by Dr Richard Barrutia from University of California, CEPE-UNAM, June, 1986. - Reading Comprehension Workshop, CEPE- UNAM, December 1985. - Course Evaluation of Textbooks and Teaching Materials. Center for Foreign Language Teaching (CELE) UNAM, May- September, 1985. - Seminar in Applied Linguistics II, CEPE-UNAM, January- August, 1985. - Seminar in Applied Linguistics I, CEPE-UNAM, August- December, 1984. - Course on "Teaching Spanish as a Second Language" Center for Foreign Students (CEPE), UNAM, August 25- Sept.12, 1983.

1.2 Languages

- Spanish: native speaker - French: read - English: translate and speak

2. Professional Employment

- Associate Professor. Department of Language, Philosophy, and Culture at San Antonio College (2013 to present) - Assistant Professor. Department of Foreign Languages and ESOL at San Antonio College (2009 to 2013) - Full time tenured faculty. ACCD San Antonio College. Foreign Languages (2004 to 2008) - Full time tenure track faculty. ACCD San Antonio College. Foreign Languages (1998 to 2004) - Associate Lecturerr. University of Texas in San Antonio. Spanish and Linguistics. (1995 to Summer 1998) - Adjunct Faculty. Our Lady of the Lake University. Spanish. 1996 - Teacher Assistant. . University of Texas in San Antonio. 1993 to 1995 - Full time faculty. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM) Campus Mexico City and Campus San Antonio Texas. 1979 to 1993. - High School Spanish Language and Spanish Literature teacher (l979). - Middle School Spanish teacher, Mexico City Public and Private Schools (l977-1978). - Elementary School teacher, Mexico City Public Schools. (l970 - 1980).

Classes/ assignments:

A) At San Antonio College

- Spanish as a Foreign Language: Beginners 1411,1412; Intermediate 2311, 2312; Conversation 1300,1310. Full time from Fall 1998 to present. - Telecourse 1300.075. Distance Learning 2007 to 2009

2 - Introduction to Hispanic Literature. Spring 2013

B) At the University of Texas at San Antonio

- Special Beginners Conversation Courses I and II at Gunn, Lee & Miller, P.C. February 1995- February 1997 Contracted by UTSA. - Extended Education. Intensive Summer Beginners Conversation for Faculty and Staff. Business School at Saint Mary's University. July 1997 - Continuing Education. Advanced Spanish for Faculty and Staff UTSA (Spring 1995)

Upper division: - Honors Thesis Research. Number 4063. (Fall 1997) - Advanced Conversation. Number 3033 (Spring, Summer and Fall 1995; Spring and Fall 1996; Summer and Fall 1997). - Grammar and Composition. Number 3063 (Spring, Summer and Fall 1997). - Phonetics. Number 3013 (Spring 1997). - Introduction to Linguistics. Number 3043 (Fall 1996). - Contemporary Spanish America. Number 3663 (Fall 1994).

Lower division: - Intermediate Spanish II. Number 2023 (Spring 1995, Fall 1994, Spring 1996, Spring 1997). - Intermediate Spanish I. Number 2013 (Spring 1994, Fall 1994, Fall 1996). - Elementary Spanish I. Number 1014 (Summer 1994, Summer and Fall 1995). - Elementary Spanish II. Number 1024 (Spring 1996, 1997).

C) At Our Lady of the Lake University

- Elementary Spanish II. Number 1412 (Fall 1996). - Intermediate Spanish I. Number 2311 (Fall 1996).

D) At the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México

- Spanish Level I to VI (beginners to advanced students; Spanish for Business; Spanish for the Bilingual (Mexican- American); Conversation Workshop . September 1986 to June 1988 and Aug 1989 to Dec 1992. Permanent Extension School of UNAM in San Antonio, TX (EPESA). - Conversation, Reading Comprehension and Listening Comprehension for military Personnel) From Sept. 1 to June 30 1988 and July 1989 to July 1992 Permanent Extension School of UNAM in San Antonio, TX (EPESA). - Special Beginners Conversation for Executives of USAA. (Summer 1991) San Antonio. - Special Beginners Conversation Course for Haynes and Boone LLP. (Spring 1991). S.A. - Special Beginners Conversation for The Greater Chamber of Commerce (Spring 1990) San Antonio.

3 - Spanish, Levels I to V (beginners to advanced students); Composition, Levels I to V; Conversation, Levels I to V; Writing Workshops, August, l979 to August 1986, Sept. 1988 to July 1989. (México City) School for Foreigners (CEPE).- - Special Immersion Program for the University of California, Spanish IV, Summer of 1986 and Spanish V, Fall 1988, CEPE-UNAM.

COURSES GIVEN FOR INSTRUCTORS TRAINING:

- Grammatical Aspects in the Teaching of Spanish as a Foreign Language. Summer 1987, EPESA-UNAM. - Spanish Linguistics. Spring 1987, EPESA-UNAM. - Semantics. July 16, l985 to August 10, 1985 and July 10, l986 to August 15, 1986 CEPE- UNAM. - Syntax. From July 10, 1986 to August 10, 1986 CEPE-UNAM. - Aspects in Spanish Linguistics. (Adjunct Professor) Spring 1983, CELE-UNAM.

3. Publications - Para Siempre. Introducción al español. Second Edition (coauthor) Annotated Instructor’s Edition. Heinle Cengage. 475 pp. January 2014 - Para Siempre. Introducción al español. Second Edition (coauthor) Student Textbook. Second Edition. Heinle Cengage. 475 pp. January 2014 - Student Activities Manual. Para Siempre. Introducción al español. Second Edition (coauthor) (Workbook, lab exercises and pronunciation manual) Second Edition. Heinle Cengage. January 2014 - Testing Bank. Para Siempre. Introducción al español. Second Edition (coauthor) (Workbook, lab exercises and pronunciation manual) Second Edition. Heinle Cengage. January 2014. - Para Siempre. A Conversational Approach to Spanish. (coauthor) Annotated Instructor’s Edition. Heinle Cengage. 431 pp (Available January 2010) - Para Siempre. A Conversational Approach to Spanish. (coauthor) Student Textbook. First Edition. Heinle Cengage. 431 pp (Available January 2010) - Student Activities Manual. Para Siempre. A Conversational Approach to Spanish. (coauthor) (Workbook, lab exercises and pronunciation manual) 180 pp First Edition. Heinle Cengage. (Available January 2010) - Cuéntame. Conversational Spanish (Co-author) Textbook for beginning and intermediate levels. Houghton Mifflin 2005. Second Edition 2006 (ten chapters) - The influence of the media in the Spanish of San Antonio. In Memorias del XIV Congreso Internacional del ALFAL. (Asociación de Linguística y Filología de América Latina) Monterrey, México. October 2005 - Estoy Listo Level III. Textbook for intermediate students of Spanish as a Foreign Language. (Co-author). UNAM, San Antonio, Mexico City. 2004. - Cuéntame. Conversational Spanish (Co-author) Textbook for beginning level. McGrawHill.2003. Second edtition 2004 (five chapters)

4 - Estoy Listo Level I . Textbook for beginning students of Spanish as a Foreign Language. (Co-author).EPESA, First Edtion San Antonio, 1994. First coedition UNAM- Santillana 2003 - Viva la Hispanidad. Understanding history will keep tradition alive. In The Ranger. San Antonio College. Sept 20 2002 - Español para principiantes. Una alternativa Realista. (Spanish for beginners. A realistic alternative) In Memorias del III Encuentro de Linguistíca del Noroeste. Hermosillo Sonora. Mexico, 1994 - Estoy Listo" Level I Teacher's guide. (Co-author). EPESA San Antonio, 1994 - Pido la Palabra Level V. Textbook for advanced students of Spanish as a Second Language. (Co-author). Mexico, UNAM. First Edition 1991, Second Edition 1993. Third Edition 2005 - Por qué el español de México (Co-author) in El Boletín. Mexico, Spring l992. CEPE- UNAM. - La Universidad en San Antonio, Método de la UNAM para la enseñanza del español" in El Periódico U.S.A. San Antonio. Dec 15, 1987

Published Translations

- Magazine Buena Vida. Monthly calendar, newspaper columns January to July 1996. For The National Diabetes Institute. University of Texas Health Science Center. - Consultant for materials including radio public announcements for distribution in San Antonio and the border areas between Texas and México sponsored by the University of Texas Health Science Center Dental School and United States Center for Disease Control in Atlanta. Aug- Dec 1996. - Translator of video: Baby Bottle, Tooth Decay for distribution to Spanish speaking parents, sponsored by the University of Texas Health Science Center. Dental School. Oct. 1996. - TAAS MASTER Student Practice Book. Mathematics 4th grade. ECS Learning Systems, Inc. 1995.

4. Scholarships

- Scholarship to obtain a Master’s Degree in Spanish at UTSA 1994. - Scholarship to study the doctoral program in Spanish Linguistics at the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México 1982 – 1986

5. College Positions 5.1 Academic-Administrative positions

- World Languages Coordinator. Department of Language, Philosophy, and Culture at San Antonio College. (2011 to present) - Head, Material Design Department, CEPE-UNAM, 1985-1986.

5.2 Commissions.

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- Leader for the 4DX. World Languages Team (2013 to present) - Chair of the committee to design departmental exams for all the Spanish classes. SAC 2004-2009. - Responsible of departmental exams for 1310. 2004 - 2013 - Member of the Textbook Selection Committee 1999, 2000, 2004, 2006, 2009 - Chair of the Textbook Selection Committee 2013 - Chair of the Selection Committee. Full time tenure track faculty. Foreign Languages Department. San Antonio College, 2008. (Position canceled) - Chair of the Selection Committee. Full time tenure track faculty. Foreign Languages Department. San Antonio College, 2007. - Member of the Committee for The day of the Dead tradition. San Antonio College 2005 - Member of the Selection Committee. Full time tenure track faculty. Foreign Languages Department. San Antonio College, 2005. - Member of the committee representing the Foreign Languages Department for Internationalization of the Curriculum. ACCD. Fall 2001 - Member of the Dual Credit Committee Foreign Languages. San Antonio College. 2001 - Chair of the Textbook Committee for Intermediate Spanish Class 2312 2000 - Member of the Selection Committee. Full time tenure track faculty. Foreign Languages Department. San Antonio College, 1999. - Member of the Selection Committee, Spanish Area. School for Foreigners. Mexico City UNAM (1983-1986).

5.3. Design of teaching materials and exams At San Antonio College

- Departmental exams for Spanish 1411, 1412, 2311, 2312, 1300, 1310 SAC 1998-2015 (team member) - Instructor’s Testing Program CD- Rom for textbook Para Siempre . 20 chapter exams and, 4 final exams. Summer 2009 (with Marino de León). - Instructor’s Testing Program Audio Script for textbook Para Siempre (24 activities to evaluate listening comprehension) Summer 2009 (with Marino de León) - Student’s Activities Manual for textbook Para siempre Answers Key and Audio script 2008. (with Marino de León) - Distance Learning, Telecourse. Design and/or edit the existing syllabus, programs and exams for SPAN1300.075. 2007-2009 - Workshops at KLRN TV station for a Videocourse based on Para Siempre . San Antonio 2007 - Design 72 Quizzes for Textbook Cuéntame . (Six or more per chapter) Summer 2006 (with M. de León) - Audio script Pronunciation Manual ancillary of textbook Cuéntame used in all 1300 and 1310 classes 2005. (with M. de León). - Answer Key for Pronuntiation Manual, ancillary of textbook Cuéntame. SAC. 2005

6 - Design of Oral Proficiency Interview . Subjects and guide for the oral exam 1310 2005 - Audio script Listening Activities ancillary of textbook Cuéntame used in all 1300 and 1310 classes 2005. (with M. de León) - Recording Pronunciation and Listening Activities ancillary of textbook Cuéntame used in all 1300 and 1310 classes 2005. (with M. de León) - Designed Listening lab exercises as Quizzes for Dicho Hecho. Sixth Edition. 1999

At the University of Texas at San Antonio - Syllabus and Tests (Mid term and final) for Grammar and Composition 3063 UTSA 1997. - Syllabus and Tests (Mid term and final) for Phonetics and Phonology 3013 UTSA 1997. - Syllabus and Tests (Mid term and final) for Introduction to Linguistics UTSA 1996. - Team member to design departmental exams: Spanish 1014, 2013, 2023. UTSA 94, 95, 96. - Syllabus and Tests (Mid term and Final) for Advanced Oral Skills UTSA 1995. - Syllabus and Tests (Mid term and final) for Contemporary Latin American Culture 3023 UTSA 1994.

At the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México – Campus San Antonio - Departmental exams for Spanish Levels I,III, IV. EPESA - UNAM. 1986- 1996 - Materials to develop Listening Comprehension With Songs. Beginner to advanced level. EPESA-UNAM 1992. - Materials for Reading Comprehension for intermediate level for Military Personnel. 1990. - Proposal for supplementary material for Pido la Palabra, Level I, for a non-immersion classroom, EPESA-UNAM , I988. - Materials for experimental immersion for the U.S. Army, EPESA-UNAM, 1988. - Departmental exams for Spanish Levels I-V, and Spanish placement test CEPE- UNAM 1985.

5.4 Unpublished research:

- The usage of the gerund in Mexico City's Popular Speech. Thesis for the Licenciatura (BA) in Spanish Language and Literature, 1983.

5.5 Research in progress: Doctoral Dissertation

- El superestrato inglés como factor de cambio linguístico en el español de San Antonio Texas: necesidad o estilo. (The English Superestratum as a Factor of Linguistic Change in San Antonio Spanish: Need or Style) (Work in progress).

6. Participation at Conferences - Whorkshop: Los estadoudinismos y otros ismos en la enseñanza de ELE. XVI Congreso de Profesores de Español a no native hablantes. UNAM San Antonio. Sept 2014 - Workshop: The make and meaning of a traditional piñata at International Education Week at San Antonio College. Nov 2013

7 - Workshop: El libro inteligente: Integración con multimedia. Octavo Simposio Internacional at Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. Mexico City. Oct. 2013 - Presentation: Integración y Contexto. Metodología Comunicativa. California State University at San Bernardino. May 21, 2013. - Presentation: Integración y Contexto. Metodología Comunicativa. California State University at San Diego. May 20, 2013. - Workshop: Misrepresentation of culture in foreign language instruction. Spring Workshop of AATSP (The American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese. San Antonio College April 20 2013. - Workshop: Culture in context. World Languages Experience. Philadelphia. March 2013. - Lecture: The representation of food in Mexican Art at International Education Week at San Antonio College. Nov 2012 - Workshop. Cultura Integrada Vs Cultura Incluída. At XV Encuentro de profesores de español a no nativo hablantes “La enseñanza de las cuatro habilidades y la cultura” UNAM San Antonio Sept 2012 - TCCTA Annual Convention: Oral Production: Beyond the bounds of Grammar. March 2012. Frisco, Texas - Lecture. Comida y tradición en México at The 7th Interdisciplinary and Multicultural Conference on Food Representation in Literature, Film and the Other Arts. UTSA Feb 2012 - Workshop. El Sabor de la Cultura at The 7th Interdisciplinary and Multicultural Conference on Food Representation in Literature, Film and the Other Arts. UTSA Feb 2012 - TCCTA Annual Convention: “A Methodology: Culture for Communication Communication for Culture”. January 2011. San Antonio, Texas. - Chair of Session 1.1 México at Memory in World Cinema Conference . Modern Languages Department UTSA. San Antonio Sept 2010 - Chair of Session 1.1 Spain at European Film Conference. Modern Languages Department UTSA. San Antonio Sept 2008 - Ventajas y desventajas de usar la lengua materna en clases de conversacion para principiantes. XVI Encuentro para profesores de español. Nuevas técnicas, nuevas perspectivas. UNAM San Antonio Oct 2006 - Presentation: Methodology and Structure of Cuéntame, sponsored by Hougthon Mifflin Publisher. Houston Feb 2006 (with M. de León) - The influence of the media in the Spanish of San Antonio. ALFAL. (Asociación de Linguística y Filología de América Latina) Monterrey, México. October 2005 - Workshop Culture integrated into language for conversation classes. San Antonio College. Alamo Language Association. April 2005 - Listening Strategies using DVD’s in Foreign Languages. French, English and Spanish Development day. ACCD. 2002 - The use of DVD’s in Second and Foreign Language Teaching at the 9th ESL Conference UNAM-San Antonio. Sept. 22 2001 - VII Coloquio de Doctorandos en Linguística Hispánica. Lexical Analysis of the Spanish in San Antonio in Contact. UNAM. México City. (Dissertation’s Research Lecture) 8-9 Feb

8 2001 - ¿Aprender a conjugar o aprender a procesar el subjuntivo? X Encuentro para profesores de español. EPESA-UNAM October 2000. - La cultura integrada a la lengua. Panelist. National Linguistics Congress. Monterrey, Mexico 1999. - V Coloquio de Doctorandos en Linguística Hispánica. Lexical Analysis of the Spanish in San Antonio. UNAM. México City. (Dissertation’s Research Lecture) 7- 9 Dic 1998. - IV Coloquio de Doctorandos en Linguística Hispánica. Lexical Analysis of the Spanish in San Antonio. UNAM. México City. (Dissertation’s Research Lecture) 25-26 Nov 1997.. - Workshop for Foreign Languages Faculty Processing input to teach subjunctive UTSA. October 1997 - Workshop The use of songs in FL classroom. Judson HS. Alamo Language Association. January 1996. - Spanish for Beginners, a Realistic Alternative. Third Annual Linguistic Conference. Hermosillo, Sonora. November 1994. - Moderator of The Teaching of Spanish. Problems and Perspectives (Round Table) April, EPESA-UNAM 1992. - Teaching Grammar to Develop Linguistic Abilities" 5th Annual International Symposium on Spanish. Edinburgh, Texas 1991. - ¿Por qué el español de México? SCOLAS (Southwest Council of Latin American Studies). Panelist. Monterrey, Nuevo León 1990. - Moderator of The Role of Grammar in a Communicative Approach (Round Table) UNAM-UTSA San Antonio, TX 1990. - The Communicative Approach to the Teaching of Spanish as a Foreign Language, SCOLAS (Southwest Council of Latin American Studies),1988, San Antonio. Tx. - The Communicative Approach Means that Teachers Don't Have to Know Grammar? 5th National Encounter of Teachers CELE - UNAM 1988. - Teaching grammar. The Teaching of Spanish as a Second Language CEPE- UNAM 1982 & 1983.

6.2 Attendance at Conferences

- American Council on the teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL). Annual Convention & World Languages Expo. San Antonio Texas. Nov 2014 - American Council on the teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL). Annual Convention & World Languages Expo. Philadelphia. Pennsylvania Nov 2012 - Lecture about Proyecto AMPER . (Research about intonation in the Hispanic world) Dra. Josefa Dorta. UNAM San Antonio. Oct. 2009 - Teaching and Learning with generation Next San Antonio College. March 2009 - TCCTA. Annual Convention. Austin, Texas. Feb. 2009 - TCCTA. Annual Convention Dallas, Texas. Feb. 2008 - TCCTA. Annual Convention Austin, Texas. Feb. 2007 - Workshops at Fullbrigth Conference. Little Rock Arkansas. Oct 16 and 17 2006

9 - Workshops at Hougthon Mifflin Publisher. Boston Massachusetts. May 2006 - TCCTA. Annual Convention Houston, Texas. Feb. 2006 - TCCTA. Annual Convention Austin, Texas. Feb. 2005 - TCCTA. Annual Convention Forth Worth, Texas. Feb. 2004 - TCCTA. Annual Convention Austin, Texas. Feb. 2003 - Conference Teaching Culture in the Digital Millenium. Sponsored by McGraw-Hill World Languages. Austin. Oct 16 2002 - Videoconference Using Information Technology in a Traditional Classroom. San Antonio College. Nov 30 2001. - McGraw- Hill Satellite Teleconference on Topics in Second Language Acquisition "The Role of Grammar in the Communicative Language Classroom" Oct 1997. - Third Annual Linguistic Conference of Northwestern Mexico. Hermosillo Sonora, November 1994. - Conference El Español en los Estados Unidos 14. Texan Cultural Institute. San Antonio Nov 1993 - 5th Annual International Symposium on Spanish. Topic: Language Acquisition April 18-20 , 1991 Edinburgh, Texas, U.S. - 5Th National Encounter of Teachers of Foreign Languages, CELE- UNAM, 1988 - Workshop for Foreign Language Teachers, Lutheran College, l987, Seguin Texas US. - Workshop "Teaching for Proficiency" Saint Edward's University, 1987, Austin, TX. U.S. - Communication Week, March 4-11, CEPE-UNAM 1985. - Meeting over the design of teaching materials, AMMMLEX, May 1985. - 2nd Diagnostic Meeting on "The teaching of Spanish as a Second Language" CEPE-UNAM 1983. - 1st Diagnostic Meeting on The Teaching of Spanish as a Second Language CEPE- UNAM 1982. - National Conference for Foreign Languages Teachers. October 18- 21, 1982.

7. Service to the profession

- Presentation of Para Siempre to the Textbook Selection Committee. San Antonio College Oct 2009 - Orientation for adjunct faculty about Cuéntame. Methodological tips. 2002 to 2009 - Lectures on Día de los Muertos tradition. San Antonio College. Six consecutive years. (different presentation each year) 1999 – 2005 - Methodology Presentation of Cuéntame to train adjunct faculty. SAC 2004 - Faculty Mentor with Mcnair Scholars Program. Search subject: "Code Switching at San Antonio West Side. Summer 1997. - Served on the panel of judges for the High School Spanish Contest at UTSA March 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997. - Guest panel member for radio station KCOR to address Language Contact Situation in San Antonio. 1996 - Served as a judge for Spanish spelling bee sponsored by KWEX- TV. April 1995.

10 - Served on the panel of judges for the High School Essay Contest: "My Hispanic Heritage: Yesterday and Today in Relation to the Quincentenary of the Discovery of America". EPESA - UNAM April 1992. and "The History of my Family" EPESA- UNAM April 1993. - Cultural programs on Mexican traditions, Pastorela & Altar de Muertos, for TV (channel 41) and radio (KCOR) San Antonio, November 1993. - Staged & directed the Christmas Pastoral Play (Pastorela) at EPESA-UNAM four years l989 - l993. - Staged & directed the Christmas Pastoral Play (Pastorela) performed at Centro Cultural Guadalupe l992. - Proposal for reorganization and design of complementary exercises for pilot program Level IV in the method Pido la Palabra" Version 1987. - Tutoring UNAM San Antonio Teachers to begin the pilot program Pido la Palabra Levels II and III. 1986 - Member of the Organizing Committee for the II Diagnostic Meeting on The Teaching of Spanish as a Second Language . Responsible of the Grammar Aspects Session. UNAM. Oct. 1980.

8. Memberships

TCCTA . Texas Community College Teachers Association ACTFL. American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages ALFAL. Asociación de Linguistas y Filólogos de América Latina

9. References Amy Withworth PhD. Chair of Foreign Languages, ESL and Philosophy San Antonio College

Martha Elena Cortés. Coordinadora Académica UNAM - San Antonio

Nancy Membrez PhD Associate Professor UTSA – Modern Languages

Ricardo Maldonado Soto PhD Full Professor Instituto de Investigaciones Filológicas - UNAM

______Marta G. Montemayor M.

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