Dr Olga Sanchez Castro

Lecturer

College of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences

+61 8 82012164

olga.castro@flinders.edu.au

Social Sciences North (3119)

GPO Box 2100, Adelaide 5001, South Australia

Her primary area of research is in Second Language Acquisition. In particular, the study of the psycholinguistic and sociological variables that play a role in Second Language Learning. Her interests in this field also include a focus on the use of technology to enhance second language teaching and learning and the effect of affective variables. Another area of her research interests relates to Discourse Analysis, and translation theory and practice.

Qualifications

Lic. in Anthropology and Sociology (University of Seville), Dip. Ed. (University of Adelaide), MA. in Ed. (University of S.A.), PhD (Flinders University)

Teaching interests

Spanish language and linguistics
Applied Linguistics and Computer-Mediated Communication
Spanish Migration
Translation

Topic coordinator

SPAN3312 An Introduction to Spanish Translation: Theory and Practice

SPAN2202 Intermediate Spanish Part 2

SPAN2201 Intermediate Spanish Part 1

SPAN3201 Upper Intermediate Spanish Part 1

SPAN3202 Upper Intermediate Spanish Part 2

Topic lecturer

SPAN2201 Intermediate Spanish Part 1

SPAN2202 Intermediate Spanish Part 2

SPAN3312 An Introduction to Spanish Translation: Theory and Practice

SPAN3201 Upper Intermediate Spanish Part 1

Supervisory interests

Applied linguistics

Computer assisted language learning (CALL)

Education, languages

Intercultural language teaching and learning

Second language teaching and learning

Spanish as a second/foreign language

Higher degree by research supervision

Current

Principal supervisor: Humour, Pragmatics, Second Language Acquisition (1), Second Language Learning and Teaching, Personal Learning Environment (PLE), Blended Learning, Computer Assisted Language Learning (1)

Professional engagement

Modern Language Teacher Association of South Australia (MLTASA)

Professional Association for Hispanists and Latin Americanists in Australasia (AILASA)

Secondary Teacher Association of South Australia (STASA)

Expert for media contact

Education - Teaching

Language/Linguistics

Migration

Computer Mediated Communication

Second Language Acquisition

Available for contact via

+61 8 82012164