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Department lunch on 19 December 2024
The department staff and teachers were at the Osteria del Lab in the Part Alta of Tarragona for an end-of-semester lunch, prior to taking a well-deserved Christmas break.
The occasion was marked by the presentation of gifts and heartfelt thanks to Olga Galofré, the department secretary, who will be leaving us at the end of the year.
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Ultrasound equipment to test and improve English pronunciation
In the last few weeks we've participated in two meetings:
One was at the Primeras Jornadas metodológicas sobre adquisición y fonética de la L2 at the University of the Basque Country in Vitoria-Gasteiz, June 24, where our Martí i Franqués student Cristina Crison demonstrated the use of the equipment.
The second was at the XI Ultrasound Imaging for Speech and Language Conference, held at Aizu University, in Aizuwakamatsu, Japan, June 24-25, where both Cristina Crison and our doctoral student Daniel Romero also participated.
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Carmen Rueda retires
Carmen holds a degree in Filologia Anglogermànica (Anglès), from the Universitat de Barcelona and completed her Ph.D. in American Literature from the Universitat de Barcelona in 2001.
Her research has been on the literature of the American South, contemporary Appalachian literature, English for Specific Purposes, and new technologies applied to foreign language teaching.
In 2010 she held a Fulbright Scholarship to study music in Contemporary Appalachian Fiction
In addition to numerous articles and book chapters, Carmen has authored or co-authored a series of books:
Rueda Ramos, C. & Susana Jiménez Placer (eds.). Constructing the Self: Essays on Southern Life-Writing. Biblioteca Javier Coy de Estudios Norteamericanos. Valencia: Universidad de Valencia, 2017. 366 pages.
Rueda Ramos, C. Voicing the Self: Female Identity and Language in Lee Smith's Fiction. Valencia: Biblioteca Javier Coy de Estudios Norteamericanos, Universidad de Valencia, 2009. 254 pages. ISBN 978-84-370-5538-1
Arnó, E.; Soler, A.; Rueda, C. (eds.) Information Technology in Languages for Specific Purposes: Issues and Prospects. New York: Springer (Educational Linguistics Series, vol. 7), 2006. 266 pages. ISBN 0-387-28595-4.
Rueda, C.; Arnó, E.; Soler, A. A Reading Course for Computing. Barcelona: Cedecs, 2001. 180 pages. ISBN 84-95027-90-9
The Department warmly thanks Carmen for her service to our teaching and research over the years, as expressed in gifts presented to her on 8 July 2024.
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Noves places de Professor associat
Convocatòria de 6 places de Professor Associat al Departament d'Estudis anglesos i alemanys
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Stylish performance by The Eightballs on April 25
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Graduation Day 2023
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Stratapp - The Art of Reading on TV!
Professors Mar Gutiérrez-Colón and Ester Torres, both from the Universitat Rovira i Virgili (URV), appeared on the TV programme The Weekly Mag, where they introduced the StratApp - The Art of Reading app.
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EMT accreditation obtained
The Master’s in Professional Translation (English-Spanish) has obtained the European Master’s in Translation quality label for MA university programmes in translation.
