TEACHING
Who I am as an instructor today is informed by a lifetime of experiences as a first-generation scholar in higher education. My teaching philosophy is rooted in Communicative Language Teaching and revolves around the major principles of:
FOSTERING INCLUSIVITY AND COLLABORATION
CULTIVATING APPRECIATION OF LINGUISTIC DIVERSITY
PROMOTING RESEARCH APPLICABLE TO REAL-LIFE
I have taught and designed courses that tackle different aspects of language and linguistics from introductory courses to advanced ones that focused on phonetics, phonology, and sociolinguistics.
(HISPANIC) LINGUISTICS
Ander has a way of getting you excited about the topic at-hand, even if you had no previous interest in it [...] I was never a linguistics person, but Ander and his enthusiasm prompted me to create a project about the different sounds and accents of Spanish in Spain.
- Student in "The Sounds of Spanish"*
INTRODUCTION TO
HISPANIC LINGUISTICS
SPANISH IN THE UNITED STATES
THE SOUNDS OF SPANISH
INTRODUCTION TO
LINGUISTICS
PHONETICS
PHONOLOGY
To Ander, teaching a course means more than having students receive a good grade. It means engaging with students and igniting our own interests and passions through whatever we were learning.
- Student in "Spanish Composition"*
INTENSIVE ELEMENTARY SPANISH
INTERMEDIATE SPANISH
INTRO TO SPANISH GRAMMAR
ADVANCED SPANISH GRAMMAR
SPANISH COMPOSITION
SPANISH COMPOSITION FOR HERITAGE SPEAKERS
These courses were coordinated by supervisors who were in charge of syllabus design
SPANISH
*Testimonials have been provided with students' consent