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II. PROFESSOR'S TEACHING PROFILE

Professor's name: Lorena Fernanda Parra Gavilánez
Academic degree: Master en Docencia Universitaria y Administración Educativa. Master
in Arts in English Language Teaching
Knowledge area:
Broad field 01 Education
Narrow field 011 Education
Detailed field 0113 Teacher training with subject specialization
Bachelor's degree: Licenciada en Ciencias de la Educación Especialidad Inglés Knowledge
area:
Broad field 01 Education
Narrow field 011 Education
Detailed field 0113 Teacher training with subject specialization
Professional experience: Teaching as a Foreign Language
Teaching experience: Universidad Técnica de Ambato Escuela
Politécnica del Ejército

Program Academic area: Pedagogical and Psycholinguistics Competence
Professsor's schedule (practical application and learning experimentation) :
Monday 09:00 – 13:00
Professor's schedule (Academic tutoring):
Monday and Wednesday from 14:00 to 15:00
Phone number: 0984008909
E-mail: lparra@uta.edu.ec

III. COURSE DESCRIPTION AND OBJECTIVES

Purpose
Develop an understanding of English-speaking cultures and its roots as well as how
languages develop under different cultural regimes, with an emphasis on critical
thinking.

Course Description:

This module focuses in situating the English language in both a historical and cultural
framework. Students will explore and analyze the relationship between the language
that they have been learning and historic and current political, cultural, and demographic
situations in the context of the United States and American English. This course is
reading intensive and requires participation both in person during class hours and
virtually through the online course platform.

Through this module, students will be able to develop the following abilities: identify the
impact of American culture and the English language in a global setting, recognize
cultural variety and linguistic differences in the United States, examine the complex
interaction between demographics and language in American and Ecuadorian contexts,
interpret the cultural and linguistic impact of the Hispanic population on the United

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