Language Consultant and author at VIC Languages
I provide Language Consulting Services.
I conduct classes for the preparation of Texas Teacher Certification Tests for Language and Bilingual teachers.
I conduct Foreign Language Pedagogy workshops.
2005-2006
Visiting Faculty at SUNY-Albany New York
I coordinated French language classes and supervised teaching assistants.
2002-2005
Coordinator at the Center for Bilingual Education at UT Arlington
I taught classes in Linguistics for Teachers, Bilingual Education, and ESL.
I supervised Spanish Bilingual interns and provided follow-up support to teachers in their first year.
1995-2002
Independent Researcher and Consultant
Executive Director of The Gulf Language Institute, Dallas-Xalapa, Mexico 1993-
1993-1995
Ad Interim Assistant Professor, Texas A&M University-Commerce
1983-1993
Faculty and Researcher at several higher education institutions: MIT, Harvard, and Penn State University
Skills
Areas of expertise: Linguistics, Language Acquisition, Bilingual Education, Language Instruction.
Languages spoken: French, English, Spanish, and Hebrew.
Education
PhD in Linguistics, University of Paris 8, Paris, France
Responsibilities and Professional Activities
In 1997, in addition to my University position, I began conducting workshops for the preparation of teacher certification tests.
I worked as an Independent Consultant for Region 10 ESC, Region 11 ESC, and several school districts (Castleberry ISD, Fort Worth ISD, Carrollton-Farmers Branch ISD, Duncanville ISD…). I prepared teachers for the then ExCET tests in English as a Second Language, Spanish and French ExCET, as well as Spanish and French TOPT.
When the new TExES tests were implemented, I designed and conducted classes for the preparation of BTLPT and for the Spanish and French LOTE tests. In addition, I prepared teachers for the PPR test.
Publications
Books and workbooks in foreign languages:
The Written Accent Marks in Spanish
The Spanish Grammar for Independent Learners (in collaboration)
La Grammaire en fiches du français
Spanish TOPT Study Book (in collaboration)
Several workbooks for Spanish.
Several books and articles on Linguistics and Language Instruction.
