Department of Modern Languages and Linguistics
Paola Andrea PALMA ROJAS
Instructor II - Spanish (Modern Languages)
Office
DMLL Room, Ground Floor, Centre for Language Learning (CLL)
Faculty of Humanities and Education
The University of the West Indies, St. Augustine
Phone: (868) 662-2002, Ext. 84047
Fax: (868) 663-5059
E-mail:
Paola.Palma@sta.uwi.edu
Education
MA in Teaching Spanish as a Foreign Language, Universidad Pablo de Olavide (Spain)
Dip. in Projects in Pedagogical Applications, Universidad de Ibagué (Colombia)
BA in Teaching Modern Languages (English and Spanish), Universidad del Tolima (Colombia)
Research Interests
• Foreign/Second Language Teaching and Learning
• Online Language Teaching and Learning
• Adult Learners
• Development of Language Skills
Publications
Castillo, C. A., Roberts, N., Rojas, P. A., & Sánchez, S. M. (2016). Foreign Language Teaching and Learning in a Reading Comprehension and Writing Online Module: A Higher Education Analysis. IJEE International Journal of Educational Excellence, 2(1), 81-100. doi:10.18562/ijee.2015.0015
Conference Presentations
“If there is an optimal age to learn a Second Language, will adult learners be successful?”. Second Conference on Foreign Language Research, Understanding Learning and Teaching Practices. Universidad del Tolima, Ibagué (Tolima), Colombia, 6 -7 June 2013.
Arrieta Castillo, Carolina, Suly Corredor Sánchez, Paola Palma Rojas and Nicole Roberts. “Exploring Foreign Language (Spanish) teaching best practice in online delivery of the Reading Comprehension and Writing module at the UWI, St. Augustine”. The UWI Regional Conference on Institutionalizing Best Practice on Higher Education. The UWI, St. Augustine, 24 - 26 June 2015.
http://hdl.handle.net/2139/40089
Current Courses
• SPAN 1001 Spanish Language 1A
• SPAN 1002 Spanish Language 1B
• SPAN 2001 Spanish Language 2A
• SPAN 2002 Spanish Language 2B
• SPAN 3001 Spanish Language 3A
• SPAN 3002 Spanish Language 3B
