María Muradás-Taylor
Lecturer in Spanish

Teaching

Undergraduate

• Intensive Spanish Language and Cultures: Beginner
• Spanish Language and Cultures: Proficient
• Understanding Spanish-speaking Cultures and Societies (ab initio)
• Historical memory in the Spanish-speaking world
• Latinos in the USA

External activities

Memberships

Language Teaching Forum @ York (Co-organiser)

Invited talks and conferences

Presentations at conferences and workshops:

• Diversity and mixed ability at modular and programme level: Supporting Ab Initio students’ transition. University of York Learning and Teaching Conference 2015, 10 June 2015. In collaboration with Cinzia Bacilieri, Nadine Saupe, Thomas Jochum-Critchley.

• Integrating literature in the content based language Spanish class. 'Transgressing the Borders of Literary Theory‘.   LALSA (Latin American Literary Studies Association), York St John University, 12-13 November 2015.

• Enhancing the learning experience through collaborative learning.  UK LINGUA 2016 – Multilingual Language Learning and Teaching Colloquium Durham University, 23-24 of April 2016

Invited talks:

• Folclore y Rituales del Mundo Hispano – Galicia Terra de Meigas, 23 November, 2013

• Galicia; su identidad cultural. York St John Cultural Series.  York St John University. 6 November, 2015

• Negotiating meaning in the mixed-ability language classroom.  MiLL Network: ‘Engaging with meaning in language learning’ University of York 24 October, 2015

• Negotiating meaning in the mixed-ability language classroom.   Postgraduate Forum on Applied Linguistics – Mapping the Field York St John  22 January, 2016

• Supporting the post ab-initio student through student centred teaching.   LANGUAGES TEACHING TEAM - Mini-conference. Department of Cultures, Languages and Area Studies, University of Liverpool. 28 January, 2016

Organized events:

• Tertulia – A monthly Spanish Social event to talk about social, historical and political aspescts of the Spanish speaking world through literature and film.
  
• LGBT International Film Screening. Every February
  
• LTF – Language Teaching Forum Co-organizer. Organise a series of workshops to enhance professional development and reflective practice in Language Teaching.