Bettina Hermoso Gomez

Teaching Fellow

0113 343 3524

 Research interests

  • The effective use of New Technologies in the language classroom
  • Web 2.0 technologies in language teaching
  • Blended learning
  • The role of women in Contemporary Spanish Cinema with a special interest on the representation of domestic violence on films.

Major publications

  • El otro lado de la migración: El cielo gira y Aguaviva dos documentales sobre el éxodo rural in Glosas Didácticas, Universidad de Murcia, May 2008
  • El Laberinto del Fauno in "Las habilidades comunicativas en el aula" in Glosas Didácticas, Universidad de Murica, June 2007
  • Desconocidos, in Elenet, January 2007
  • KS3 French: Complete Revision and Practise (Complete Revision & Practice) for Coordination Group Publication September 2006
  • En búsqueda de la lectura in Vida Hispánica Autum 2006 Num 34
  • Historia de un búho, en Elenet, Septiembre 2006.
  • Online Feedback for Undergraduate Students: web proceedings of the Conference 2006 Crossing frontiers: languages and the international dimension, July 2006
  • Jorge Bucay in Redele, Magazine of the Ministerio de Educación y Ciencia, Spain October 2005
  • Spanish Revision Guide for Coordination Group Publications, September 2005
  • ¡Una de cine! El cine como acercamiento a los problemas sociales. in RedEle Magazine of the Ministerio de Educación y Ciencia June 2005.
  • Propuesta didáctica de la película Te doy mis ojos, in Frecuencia eLe, número 29, Julio 2005
  • German Workbook for Coordination Group Publications, CGP Cumbria 2002
  • French Workbook Guide for Coordination Group Publications, Cumbria, 2002

Invited lectures and forthcoming activities

  •  "Aplicaciones de la Web 2.0 en la clase de ELE" I Jornadas didacticas de ELE in Instituto Cervantes, Manchester 4th July 2008
  • "Including cinema in the language classroom", The MATSDA Conference, Leeds Metropolitan University May 2007
  • "Online Feedback", Crossing Frontiers: Languages and the international dimension, The University of Cardiff, 6th and 7th July 2006
  • "Designing web exercises for language learning", Resources for Learning and Teaching, 29th June 2006
  • "New Spanish Cinema trends", Guest Lecture at the Día de la Hispanidad in Leeds Metropolitan University, 12th October 2005
  • "IT in language learning", Teachers Conference, Leeds University 18th June 2005
  • "Andalucía, a bridge between two continents" on "El día de la hispanidad" in Leeds Metropolitan University, 12th October 2004.

Reviews

  • Nuevo ¡Ya! Curso de español Activity Books 1 + 2 in Vida Hispánica, Spring 2003 Number 27, pages 31/32
  • Ambush Language Board Games, Spanish Version in Vida Hispánica, Spring 2003 Number 27, page 27
  • A Travellers´History of Spain by Juan Lalaguna in Vida Hispánica Spring 2004 Numbers 29, pages 31/32
  • Contemporary Latin America by Ronaldo Munck in Vida Hispánica Autumn 2005 Number 31
  • Spain 1812-2004 (Modern History for Modern Languages), Christopher J. Ross, in Vida Hispánica Spring 2007 Number 33

Major Research Projects and Grants

  • Teaching Quality Enhancement Fund 2003/2004/2005 for the development of online learning language resources for first and second year language modules.
  • Research project: Motivation strategies in language learning From 2003 ongoing.

Other

  • Software evaluator for the Government company "Teem"evaluating MFL related software with educational purposes.

Teaching

  • SPPO1010 Practical Language Skills in Spanish 1 (Co-ordinator)
  • SPPO3010 Practical Language Skills in Spanish 3

Departmental Responsibilities

  • E-Representative
  • IT Officer
  • VLE Support Officer
  • Member of the SMLC: IT committee.