Dr. GARRALDA ORTEGA Maria
Part-time Lecturer, Spanish Section


Qualifications:
P.h.D in Spanish
MA in English (Literary Studies)
MA in Teaching Spanish as a Foreign Language
B.A (hons) in French and Spanish
Tel: 3411 2352
Email: arancha@hkbu.edu.hk
Office: RRS614



BIO
Arancha was born in Aviles, Asturias and educated in Spain, UK, Switzerland and HK gaining degrees in French and Hispanic Studies as well as in English Literary Studies. She joined HKBU in 2014 and teaches a number of credit bearing and Supplementary Spanish courses.



Research Interests
Discourse Analysis, Translation and Interpreting, Second Language Acquisition, Language Teaching for Specific Purposes, Post-Colonialism, African and Latin American Women Writers; Twentieth-Century World Literature; Cultural Studies, Feminist Critical Theory; Culture and Identity; Gender and Representation in Latin America.



Grants, Awards and Professional Services
Postdoctoral Scholarship (AECID)
Doctoral Studies Scholarship (University of Kent, Hispanic Section)
Faculty of Humanities Award for Academic Achievement (University of Kent)
Rotary Club Award for Academic Achievement (Kent Rotary Club)



Selected Publications or Creative Works
Journal Articles
“El consumismo hecho literatura”.?Letralia187. (May, 2008).
“Apropiación y desestabilización del discurso masculino y legitimación del contradiscurso femenino en Las reinas de Polanco” Remolinos 35. (December, 2008).
“El lenguaje como forma de subversión en?Las reinas de Polanco?(1988) de Guadalupe Loaeza”.?Revista de Estudios Sociológicos Nueva época (February?2009). University of Guadalajara, México.
“Análisis comparativo de la representación de las?Soldaderas en Campamento?(1931) de Gregorio López Fuentes y?Tropa vieja?(1941) de Francisco L. Urquijo”.?Revista de Estudios Sociológicos Nueva época (March, 2010). Universidad de Guadalajara, México.
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Conference Presentations
La Otredad en?Las reinas de Polanco?(1988),?Primero las damas?(1989) y?Compro, luego existo?(1992) de Guadalupe Loaeza. Research Seminar, Department of Cultural Studies, University of Guadalajara, Mexico. (2008).
Representación de la Otredad sexual femenina en?Primero las damas?(1989) de Guadalupe Loaeza. International Hispanic Congress: “Así hablan y escriben las mujeres”, University of Bern (Switzerland). (June 11-14, 2009).
“Otredad y el malinchismo en la relación amor/odio hacia lo extranjero en?Compro,luego existo?(1992) de Guadalalupe Loaeza”. “IX Jornadas Internacionales de la Mujer”. Facultad de Filología, University Complutense (Madrid) (h 15-17 March, 2010).



Current & Previous Positions
2014 School of Continuing Education, The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUSCS)
2008-2010 University of Guadalajara, Mexico
2005-2008 University of Kent
2003-2004 Association ERA (N.G.O)



Courses Taught
SPAN1010 – SPANISH I
SPAN1020 SPANISH II
SPAN2010 SPANISH III
SUPS1010 SPANISH I (Part I)