Department of Spanish and Portuguese

Department of Spanish and Portuguese

   

María Noriega-Sánchez teaches Spanish language and translation. Her interests lie in the fields of language learning and teaching, comparative literature and literary translation. Her publications include articles on language pedagogy, Latin American and US studies, and the book Challenging Realities: Magic Realism in Contemporary American Women's Fiction (Universitat de València, 2002). Current research interests focus on curriculum design and use of new technologies in the development of language learning material, independent study and learner's autonomy, as well as contemporary narrative in Spanish. She is the co-author of several Open University Spanish language coursebooks and interactive DVD-ROMs and has worked as a consultant author for the 'Spanish At Your Fingertips' project, an on-line language programme developed by the University of Cambridge Language Centre in partnership with BBC Worldwide.