Elena del Olmo Bañuelos

Calle Real, 101 -  29680 Málaga, Spain

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Email: eob@uma.es

Sex: Female  Birthdate: 06/04/1986 Nationality: Spanish

WORK EXPERIENCE

1/10/2013 – Ongoing   Higher Education Teaching Professional

Centro de Cursos de Español para Extranjeros (University of Málaga) and International Studies Abroad (ISA) programme. Av. La Estación de el Palo , 4 – 29017 Málaga, Spain. www.cursoextranjeros.uma.es

“European Union: The History, Economics & Politics of European Integration” (45 hours of instruction), “Gender Issues in North America and the Hispanic World” (45 hours of instruction) and “International Relations: Spain as a Gateway to Europe, Africa, and Latin America” (45 hours of instruction).

1/08/2013 – 31/08/2013  Spanish Language Instructor

Centro de Cursos de Español para Extranjeros (University of Málaga). Av. La Estación de el Palo , 4 – 29017 Málaga, Spain. www.cursoextranjeros.uma.es

A1-level (CEFR): listening, speaking, writing, reading, and interaction skills (40 hours of instruction)

B1-level (CEFR): listening skills (20 hours of instruction)

B2-level (CEFR): listening skills (20 hours of instruction)

1/10/2012 - Ongoing Official Translator

Office of the Vice-President for Communication and International Relations (University of Málaga). Av. Cervantes 2 – 29071 Málaga, Spain. www.uma.es

Spanish to English translation of the University of Málaga's institutional webpage; Uploading of translated contents to the webpage (CMS skills required).

1/2/2013 – 30/4/2013 Higher Education Teaching Professional

Centro de Cursos de Español para Extranjeros (University of Málaga) and International Studies Abroad (ISA) programme. Av. La Estación de el Palo , 4 – 29017 Málaga, Spain. www.cursoextranjeros.uma.es

“European Union: The History, Economics & Politics of European Integration” (45 hours of instruction), “Gender Issues in North America and the Hispanic World” (45 hours of instruction) and “International Relations: Spain as a Gateway to Europe, Africa, and Latin America” (45 hours of instruction).

1/10/2012 – 23/12/2012 Higher Education Teaching Professional

Centro de Cursos de Español para Extranjeros (University of Málaga) and International Studies Abroad (ISA) programme. Av. La Estación de el Palo , 4 – 29017 Málaga, Spain. www.cursoextranjeros.uma.es

“Gender Issues in North America and the Hispanic World” (45 hours of instruction) and “International Relations: Spain as a Gateway to Europe, Africa, and Latin America” (45 hours of instruction).

1/2/2012 – 30/04/2012 Higher Education Teaching Professional

Centro de Cursos de Español para Extranjeros (University of Málaga) and International Studies Abroad (ISA) programme. Av. La Estación de el Palo , 4 – 29017 Málaga, Spain. www.cursoextranjeros.uma.es

“Gender Issues in North America and the Hispanic World” (45 hours of instruction) and “International Relations: Spain as a Gateway to Europe, Africa, and Latin America” (45 hours of instruction).

1/10/2011 – 23/12/2011 Higher Education Teaching Professional

Centro de Cursos de Español para Extranjeros (University of Málaga) and International Studies Abroad (ISA) programme. Av. La Estación de el Palo , 4 – 29017 Málaga, Spain. www.cursoextranjeros.uma.es

“Gender Issues in North America and the Hispanic World” (45 hours of instruction) and “International Relations: Spain as a Gateway to Europe, Africa, and Latin America” (45 hours of instruction).

10/11/2011 – 26/05/2012 Higher Education Teaching Professional

Office of Vice-President for Academic Affairs (University of Málaga). Campus de El Ejido sn – 29017 Málaga, Spain. http://www.uma.es/ieducat/

50 hours of face-to-face sessions and 50 hours of online sessions; Provide English-medium instruction (EMI) training for higher education professionals from the University of Málaga; intensive training in oral skills, specifically academic discourse of University lectures; consolidate staff’s language competence and acquisition of terminlogy and idioms specific to their field study.

9/8/2010 – 25/8/2010 Teaching Professional

Curso de Espaflol para Extranjeros (Universidad de Málaga) and the Instituto de la Juventud (Injuve). Av. La Estación de el Palo , 4 – 29017 Málaga, Spain. www.cursoextranjeros.uma.es

English teacher for CEFR levels B1-B2 within the immersion programme Linguistic Immersion and Youth Policies Course 2010; ensure that students acquired a sufficient language competence to guarantee an efficient use; raise awareness of the various communicative strategies in the four main skills; promote an understanding and an appreciation for the Anglo-Saxon culture; support autonomy in language learning

1/7/2007 – 15/7/2007 Teaching Professional

C.E.I.P. Nuestra Señora del Carmen (Pre-Primary and Primary Education School). Calle Tres Banderas, 73 – 29680 Málaga (Spain). http://www.juntadeandalucia.es/averroes/elcarmen/

Taught 50 hours to primary education students (6-7 years old) form different  of nationalities and limguistic backgrounds; Provide English language support in the four main skills (reading, writing, listening, and speaking)

EDUCATION AND TRAINING

1/7/2011 - Ongoing PhD in English Studies

University of Málaga (Spain)  

Research stage following the training period (Master’s Programme); data collection and analysis

PhD Thesis Title: “A learner corpus-based study on CLIL in the Andalusian context: EFL competence in post-compulsory education”. Supervisor: Dr. Antonio Moreno Ortiz

19/08/2013 – 21/08/2013 Introduction Course to ATLAS.ti 7

ATLAS.ti Training Centre: http://atlastitrainingcenter.com/

6 hours of online instruction; received training in latest version of ATLAS.ti, a qualitative data analysis software tool

30/11/2011 - 1/12/2011 XII SEDLL International Conference, Granada (Spain) 

Research in Language and Literature Didactics: State of the Art and Future Perspectives

4/5/2011 - 6/5/2011 XXIX AESLA International Conference. Salamanca (Spain) 

Empirical and Analytical Tools for 21st Century Applied Linguistics (30 hours of instruction)

7/4/2011 - 9/4/2011 III International Conference of Corpus Linguistics (CILC). Valencia (Spain)

Information and Communication Technology: Present and Future Corpora Analyses

6/7/2011 - 8/7/2011 Course “El enfoque intercultural y la enseñanza del Inglés: adaptación al Marco Común Europeo de Referencia para las Lenguas y aplicaciones en el aula”.

International University of Andalusia, UNIA (Spain) (20 hours of instruction): El texto del MCREL y sus alusiones al eje intercultural; La enseñanza de valores interculturales en el aula de lengua extranjera; Aplicación práctica en el aula de inglés; Aplicación de las TIC y otros materiales didácticos

12/7/2010 – 16/7/2010 XVIII Curso de Didáctica del Español como Lengua Extranjera

Curso de Español para Extranjeros, University of Málaga (Spain) (32 hours of instruction)

1/10/2009 – 27/9/2010 Master’s Degree in English Studies, Intercultural and Multilingual Communication. University of Málaga (Spain)

Research methodology in English Studies, Multilingual and Intercultural Communication (6 ECTS); Academic Writing (5 ECTS); English Applied Linguistics (3 ECTS); Current Research in Linguistics, Literature, and Culture: English Studies Research Seminars (4 ECTS); Corpus Design and Development for Linguistic Data Retrieval and Language Teaching (3 ECTS); Master's Final Research Project (15 ECTS):  Integrated Content and Language Instruction: Learning How to Mean in Two Languages

1/10/2005 – 1/8/2009 Bachelor’s Degree in English Philology. University of Málaga (Spain)

English Language I and II (9 and 8 ECTS); English Applied Linguistics (10 ECTS); English Phonetics and Phonology (10 ECTS); English Linguistics and Curent Syntactic Trends (10 ECTS); Computacional Linguistics (5 ECTS); English as a Foreign Language Acquisition and Learning (5 ECTS)

PERSONAL SKILLS

Mother tongue(s): Spanish

Other language(s): English. Cambridge Certificate of Proficiency in English (Council of Europe Level C2 – Grade A)

Computer skills

OPERATING SYSTEMS

Windows (up to 7): Advanced

Linux: Intermediate

PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES

Prolog: Intermediate

HTML: Intermediate

XHTML- CSS: Intermediate

TEXT AND DATA PROCESSING

Microsoft Word (up to 2010): Advanced

Microsoft Excel (up to 2010): Advanced

Microsoft PowerPoint (up to 2010): Advanced

Microsoft Access (up to 2010): Advanced

StarOffice: Advanced

OpenOffice: Advancef

TextPad: Advanced

SPECIALIZED PROGRAMS

Atlas.ti (up to 7.0): Intermediate

Wordsmith Tools (up to 5.0): Advanced

AntConc: Advanced

Clan: Intermediate

OmegaT: Intermediate

Driving licence: B

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Publications

Moreno Ortiz, A., Pérez Hernández, C., del Olmo Bañuelos, E. (2013) Utilización de Moodle como plataforma para la investigación educativa: aplicación a los córpora de aprendices de lenguas. Sevilla: Píxel-Bit, Revista de Medios y Educación, I.S.S.N.: 1133-8482, e-I.S.S.N.:2171-7966.

Presentations

Paper: Evolución y Estado actual de los Learner Corpora: bases para su diseño, compilación y aplicación. Conference: XII SEDLL International Conference: Research in Language and Literature Didactics: State of the Art and Future Perspectives. Granada, 2011.

Paper: New Approaches to Foreign Language Teaching (FLT): bilingual schools in Andalusia. Conference: XII SEDLL International Conference: Research in Language and Literature Didactics: State of the Art and Future Perspectives. Granada, 2011.

Paper: New Approaches to Learning and Teaching a Second Language: Bilingual Schools Programme in Andalusia. Conference: XXIX AESLA International Conference: Empirical and Analytical Tools for 21st Century Applied Linguistics. Salamanca, 2011.

Paper: The Assessment of Text Difficulty with respect to ESL in Andalusia. Conference: XXIX AESLA International Conference: Empirical and Analytical Tools for 21st Century Applied Linguistics. Salamanca, 2011.

Paper: Computer Learner Corpus (CLC) Research: Un futuro apoyo para materiales didácticos basados en el método CLIL. Conference: III International Conference of Corpus Linguistics (CILC). Valencia, 2011.

Projects

Lingmotif: Análisis de sentimiento en textos: aplicaciones didácticas y financieras (FFI2011-25893). Research collaborator in the development of computer-based lexical resources for the automated analysis of English texts, within the specific field of sentiment analysis (2011-2014)

Sentitext (Private Funding).  Research collaborator in the development of computer-based lexical resources for the automated analysis of English texts, within the specific field of sentiment analysis (2008-2011).

Memberships

Member of Research Group Tecnolengua: Tecnologías Lingüísticas y Comunicación Intercultural (Grupo PAI en S.I.C.A. TIC219), University of Málaga. Main Researcher: Dr. Antonio Jesús Moreno Ortiz. (2009-present)

References

Available upon request