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“What for?”: when languages were an unpopular option

Maria Seijo-Richart - May 18, 2018

Around fifteen years ago, I met a girl whose friends deemed her crazy because she decided to study Arab (“What for?”). She ended having the last laugh when an oil…

A Good Spanish Book

Ricardo Roque Mateos - January 24, 2017

It’s been a while since I last wrote here. I’ve been very busy with lectures, projects, and all that stuff. One of the things that have kept me busy was…

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Paris belonged to me: an homage to Jacques Rivette

Maria Seijo-Richart - February 26, 2016

January was an especially dark month for the arts and entertainment world. On the 29th, we lost French nouvelle vague filmmaker Jacques Rivette. His very personal style allowed actors to…

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Which English To Teach?

Ricardo Roque Mateos - February 1, 2016

The common position is quite clear. All varieties are equally valid, useful and beautiful in their own way (*group hug* *unicorns fly around spreading rainbows and love*). But you and…

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Preparing A Cultural Exposition

Ricardo Roque Mateos - November 26, 2015

If you teach subjects such as Languages, Literature or History, you might feel inclined to prepare cultural activities once in a while. There are practical reasons for this… It’s good…

Academic Bureaucracy Is Discouraging

Ricardo Roque Mateos - November 13, 2015

So obvious… yet so necessary for these things to be reminded 🙂 Not long ago, there was a selection process in two Japanese universities. Both of them wanted researchers, preferably…

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My Research Strategies

Ricardo Roque Mateos - November 6, 2015

I am one of those guys who love strategy games, have a special edition of Sun Tzu and could quote it by heart 😀 As in everything else… I have…

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Spanish Studies

Ricardo Roque Mateos - October 30, 2015

This field has three main areas where you should be proficient: Language, Literature and History. The explanation is quite simple. It’s impossible to teach a language at a university level…

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Everything I did wrong…

Caroline Magennis - October 21, 2015

…while hunting for an academic job. For five years I was employed in a variety of (most welcome) short term contracts, and I interviewed the length and breadth of the…

Improving Your Spanish Program: Literature

Ricardo Roque Mateos - October 9, 2015

There is a huge problem regarding the literary contents of most Spanish programs. Spanish Literature has often been subject to lots of political and ideological pressures. Therefore, all the writers…

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