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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 States and American English through
analysis of literary works, and explain the symbiotic relationship between American popular
culture and American English slang.

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