Gemma Delicado
Universidad de Extremadura, English, Faculty Member
- Gemma Delicado, Associate Dean for International Affairs and Movility since 2012. She has been involved in differen... moreGemma Delicado, Associate Dean for International Affairs and Movility since 2012. She has been involved in different study abroad programs since 2004 as a professor and Director. She is currently the Resident Director of the Purdue (EE.UU) study abroad program in Spain and ICRP (The Integrative Cultural Project Coordinator) for the Kalamazoo College (EE.UU) study abroad program in Caceres, Spain. In her faculty, she also coordinates and directs the Bilingual B.A. in Primary Education and two innovation projects in education.
She holds a B.A in English from the University of Extremadura, an MA in Literature from Western Michigan University (EE.UU) and a PhD from the University of Chicago (EE.UU). She attended Kalamazoo College and was a visiting researcher at the Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain. Currently she is an Assistant Professor for the English Department at the University of Extremadura where she also teaches Spanish as a foreign language.
She has attended a great number of conferences and published a book, several chapters and numerous articles. She has been involved in 2 European projects entitled “NELLIP, Network of European Language Labelled Initiatives Project, ( 519129-LLP-1-2011-1-IT-KA2-KA2NW), Lifelong Learning Programme de la Education” and “LiMe – Languages in Media - KA2 Languages - Project No. 530866-LLP-1-2012-1-DE-KA2-KA2MP” and also a Marie Curie Actions one entitled “IRNet - International Research Network for study and development of new tools and methods for advanced pedagogical science in the field of ICT instruments, e-learning and intercultural competences (PIRSES-GA-2013-612536)”
Her research interests include the role of women in literature as well as the teaching and learning of literature and languages via E-learning and bilingual education. Although, she collaborates with different institutions, she belongs to GEXCALL a research group based on the unification of differing scientific areas working under the auspices of the information technologies dedicated to the teaching of modern languages through computer support and the design of hypermedia language learning systems.edit
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The paper studies the specificity of the use of ICT tools by Spanish and Russian teachers. The research was carried out within the framework of the IRNet project with the participation of two universities - Herzen State Pedagogical... more
The paper studies the specificity of the use of ICT tools by Spanish and Russian teachers. The research was carried out within the framework of the IRNet project with the participation of two universities - Herzen State Pedagogical University of Russia and University of Extremadura, Spain. The results of the survey described give a general idea of various ICT tools use intensity in two countries.
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The escalating number of bilingual schools in Spain has provoked an unsustainable demand of field professionals. As a result, higher education is implementing bilingual teacher training programs at the bachelor level, which are aimed at... more
The escalating number of bilingual schools in Spain has provoked an unsustainable demand of field professionals. As a result, higher education is implementing bilingual teacher training programs at the bachelor level, which are aimed at preparing primary education teachers for bilingual contexts. These degrees usually train prospective educators from a linguistic standpoint and may not guide students in methodological principles that promote successful integration of subject and language work. A shift of focus on the training of these future teachers could be adopted based on the development of student teachers’ linguistic and methodological professional capacities in order to qualify them to be successfully incorporated in a bilingual professional context. This study analyzes the implementation of a framework of collaboration between university teachers and experienced bilingual teachers. The data extracted from the opinions of the participants have resulted in a comprehensive appr...
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The escalating number of bilingual schools in Spain has provoked an unsustainable demand of field professionals. As a result, higher education is implementing bilingual teacher training programs at the bachelor level, which are aimed at... more
The escalating number of bilingual schools in Spain has provoked an unsustainable demand of field professionals. As a result, higher education is implementing bilingual teacher training programs at the bachelor level, which are aimed at preparing primary education teachers for bilingual contexts. These degrees usually train prospective educators from a linguistic standpoint and may not guide students in methodological principles that promote successful integration of subject and language work. A shift of focus on the training of these future teachers could be adopted based on the development of student teachers’ linguistic and methodological professional capacities in order to qualify them to be successfully incorporated in a bilingual professional context. This study analyzes the implementation of a framework of collaboration between university teachers and experienced bilingual teachers. The data extracted from the opinions of the participants have resulted in a comprehensive appr...
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Entrevista realizada a Carme Riera en febrero de 2010
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Resumen: La metodología presentada en este artículo pretende ayudar a solventar dos problemas educativos en el campo del L2: el sentimiento de frustración de muchos adultos españoles cuando se enfrentan al aprendizaje de una segunda... more
Resumen: La metodología presentada en este artículo pretende ayudar a solventar dos problemas educativos en el campo del L2: el sentimiento de frustración de muchos adultos españoles cuando se enfrentan al aprendizaje de una segunda lengua, sumado al hecho de que la tendencia en la enseñanza de idiomas es incluir las TICs, recursos a los que, en muchos casos, son totalmente ajenos. Así, por un lado se intentan mejorar los problemas tradicionales que encuentra el docente en la enseñanza de una segunda lengua a adultos mediante la inclusión de los diferentes estilos de aprendizaje individuales y la consecuente adaptación del material curricular a los mismos. Todo ello representado en tres espacios educativos para facilitar el aprendizaje de adultos de una forma pausada, cómoda, familiar y motivante: un espacio educativo semivirtual donde las Tics tienen un papel importante dentro del aula tradicional, un espacio de educación abierto, donde la ciudad actúa como marco, y el aula tradici...
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In recent years the concept of digital narrative or Digital Storytelling has become one of the most effective techniques for educational systems. This, although being a classic theme, has recently been revitalized with the ease of making... more
In recent years the concept of digital narrative or Digital Storytelling has become one of the most effective techniques for educational systems. This, although being a classic theme, has recently been revitalized with the ease of making digital stories with current technologies, mainly by the profusion of tools accessible on the Internet under the Cloud Computing paradigm and the high integration of them, for their design, creation, publication and other actions that these well-known new technologies allow and, even more important, the communicative power that the multimedia elements provide to a classic story. Although there have been several and important efforts to structure the production of digital stories, analyzing the key points that the digital multimedia formats provide to the narrative and focusing on those emotional aspects or the research and synthesis skills that students develop, there are not any concrete systematized experience on how to use Digital Storytelling in...
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Resumen: George Ticknor, autor de una Historia de la literatura española (1849), que comprende desde el s. XIII hasta principios del s. XIX, ha influido sobremanera en manuales de literatura posteriores y, por ende, en el canon literario... more
Resumen: George Ticknor, autor de una Historia de la literatura española (1849), que comprende desde el s. XIII hasta principios del s. XIX, ha influido sobremanera en manuales de literatura posteriores y, por ende, en el canon literario oficial. Ticknor y más tarde el erudito británico James Fitzmaurice-Kelly borran de la historia de la literatura española a numerosas escritoras por dos motivos: al no incluir sus nombres en la obra y de los incluidos hacer referencias negativas en la mayoría de los casos. En este artículo se analizan estas ausencias, las referencias negativas, los posibles motivos que parecen haber llevado al autor a hacerlas y las consecuencias de todo ello en manuales posteriores.Summary: George Ticknor, author of a History of Literature that covers the period from early 18th century to the XIX, has influenced in later literature manuals, and therefore in the official literary canon. Ticknor and later on the British scholar James Fitzmaurice-Kelly contributed to ...
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In response to the European Union’s call for the promotion of linguistic diversity and multilingualism among its member states at various levels, the Teacher Training College at the Universidad de Extremadura in Spain launched a bilingual... more
In response to the European Union’s call for the promotion of linguistic diversity and multilingualism among its member states at various levels, the Teacher Training College at the Universidad de Extremadura in Spain launched a bilingual track in its primary education degree. The track has four main goals: Increasing graduates’ English language proficiency and knowledge of English as a Second Language (ESL) teaching methods and techniques, fostering intercultural communication, and augmenting the internationalization of the program. Save the first one, these are also the goals of the Bilingual Authorization and the M.A. in Bilingual Education at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles, California. Despite noticeable differences in their respective courses of study, student bodies, and graduates’ future job opportunities, existing similarities between the programs encouraged the authors to conduct a comparative study of their main components: Background, goals, curricula, and requirements for graduation, while granting special consideration to necessary variations in design and implementation. The findings of the study may benefit the global educational community in the field of bilingual teacher preparation by contributing to a better understanding of similarities and range of variations across programs sharing similar goals, despite their implementation in distant locations.
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Resumen: En la novela El viaje del inglés (2006) Carmen Riera plasma con fina ironía una carencia nacional: la dificultad, de todos conocida, que ha supuesto en España y desde hace tiempo el aprendizaje de idiomas y, en concreto, de la... more
Resumen: En la novela El viaje del inglés (2006) Carmen Riera plasma con fina ironía una carencia nacional: la dificultad, de todos conocida, que ha supuesto en España y desde hace tiempo el aprendizaje de idiomas y, en concreto, de la lengua inglesa. Todo ello a través del personaje de Laura Prats, joven frustrada por su falta de dominio del inglés, quien acaba matando a Mrs. Grose, la enajenada profesora nativa del curso al que asiste en Inglaterra. Entre evocaciones a The Turning of the screw, el film Psicosis y diferentes teorías psicoanalíticas, la novela provoca en el lector la sensación de desorientación que demasiados españoles sienten al estar en contacto con otras lenguas, en especial la inglesa.
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The present paper analyses the development and results of an online postgraduate training course addressed to pre-service teachers from different educational fields who aim to be trained in intercultural matters. The mentioned course was... more
The present paper analyses the development and results of an online postgraduate training course addressed to pre-service teachers from different educational fields who aim to be trained in intercultural matters. The mentioned course was implemented in 2013–2014 at the University of Extremadura. Discussion groups and log books were used from a qualitative methodology. Seven faculty members and 16 graduate students coming from eight different training modules participated in the study. A number of comparative categories among the modules that allowed the development of a strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats (SWOT) matrix were established. Results demonstrate that the online graduate training was especially beneficial to generate skills that will support potential teachers when facing intercultural classes. Nevertheless, there are still some facets related to internal teacher's coordination on content and activities that will be enhanced in future sessions of the course.
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The study presented in this paper is part of a broader research aimed to analyse possibilities of synchronous tools, such as synchronous virtual classroom, which promote strategic cooperative among students in higher education. Therefore,... more
The study presented in this paper is part of a broader research aimed to analyse possibilities of synchronous tools, such as synchronous virtual classroom, which promote strategic cooperative among students in higher education. Therefore, the study searches the utility of this tool, used in e-learning methodology, within a blended learning context. The main objective then is to present a cooperative learning proposal useful to enhance the teaching/learning process, assessment included. Virtual synchronous classrooms are new resources that promote a collaborative learning through videoconference, shared desktop and files, synchronous white board, presentations, etc. which allow a cooperative learning context.
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Entrevista realizada a Carme Riera en febrero de 2010
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Resumen: La metodología presentada en este artículo pretende ayudar a solventar dos problemas educativos en el campo del L2: el sentimiento de frustración de muchos adultos españoles cuando se enfrentan al aprendizaje de una segunda... more
Resumen: La metodología presentada en este artículo pretende ayudar a solventar dos problemas educativos en el campo del L2: el sentimiento de frustración de muchos adultos españoles cuando se enfrentan al aprendizaje de una segunda lengua, sumado al hecho de que la tendencia en la enseñanza de idiomas es incluir las TICs, recursos a los que, en muchos casos, son totalmente ajenos. Así, por un lado se intentan mejorar los problemas tradicionales que encuentra el docente en la enseñanza de una segunda lengua a ...
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These days, on-line language learning has become extraordinarily popular within the field of Education. Based on this recognition, in this article we present the Moodle platform as a virtual tutor capable of managing the organization,... more
These days, on-line language learning has become extraordinarily popular within the field of Education. Based on this recognition, in this article we present the Moodle platform as a virtual tutor capable of managing the organization, collaborative teaching, support and the evaluation of on-line language courses. Consequently, by offering a categorization of tools already created by Moodle users and a number of other modules currently underdeveloped by our group, we aim to ease the on-line teaching of languages ...
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La implantación de titulaciones bilingües requiere un análisis de las decisiones que hay que tomar y de que se estudien los ámbitos profesionales en los que este tipo de programas pueden aportar un beneficio para la propia sociedad. En... more
La implantación de titulaciones bilingües requiere un análisis de las decisiones que hay que tomar y de que se estudien los ámbitos profesionales en los que este tipo de programas pueden aportar un beneficio para la propia sociedad. En este contexto, resulta evidente que la demanda existente de profesionales formados para la docencia en centros bilingües requiere una atención específica a su formación por parte de las universidades. En este artículo se presenta un proyecto innovador gestado en la Facultad de Formación del Profesorado de la Universidad de Extremadura en Cáceres que trata de formar a los futuros docentes holísticamente, no solo desde una perspectiva lingüística, sino también metodológica, para lo cual se cuenta con la cooperación de profesores asesores de centros bilingües que colaborarán en las clases para enriquecer al alumnado con su experiencia.