Innovation in Language Learning
Enrique Porrua
Institution: University of North Carolina at Pembroke
Country: United States
Dr. Enrique J. Porrua is an Associate professor of Spanish Language and Literature and former Foreign Languages Department Chair at the University of North Carolina at Pembroke, where he has worked teaching a variety of Language, Literature, and Spanish history and culture classes for the past fifteen years.
Enrique first graduated in Education from the Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain in 1989. In 1993 he graduated in History from the same institution. In 1999 he graduated with a Master degree in History with minor in Spanish Literature from Texas Tech University, in Lubbock, Texas and in 2005 with a PhD in Spanish Literature with a minor in American History also from Texas Tech University.
Dr. Porrua has extensive experience in teaching Spanish a foreign languages at all levels. He created two Spanish language courses for the US Department of Defense in 2008 and 2009 (SOLT I and SOLT II -Special Operations Language Training I and Special Operations Language Training II) and a Spanish Language course for Heritage Speakers in the US military. He is a published author and has participated in numerous local, national and international conferences in Spain, the United States, Colombia, and Mexico. Among his publications, he has authored and co-authored several articles in the US, Spain, and Russia. He authored two books with the Edwin Mellen Press in New York, one in 2001 on Spanish Maritime History (The Navigation Diary Written by Lieutenant Antonio de Tova Arredondo. Malaspina Expedition 1789-1794) and one in 2005 on three postmodern novels by Spanish novelist and Nobel Price Camilo José Cela (El discurso postmodernista en la trilogía gallega de Camilo José Cela).
His professional experience extends to institutional service, having served several terms as UNCP faculty Senator representing the School of Letters, Foreign Languages Department Chair, University Conciliator, and in committees such as Academic Affairs, Student Conduct Hearing Board, Faculty Evaluation Review, etc. and leading several Study abroad programs in Granada, Seville, and Madrid, Spain.
Additionally, he currently volunteers his time as a referee for the L’Erurite Franc-Spagnol review, peer evaluator of papers to be presented at the University of Hawaii International Conferences, and the Undergraduate Awards.
Areas of expertise: Teaching of Spanish as a Foreign Language, Spanish Maritime Frontier, Spanish-American Ethno-history, XVIII Century Spanish Maritime Exploration, Spanish Literature ( Camilo J. Cela). Currently working on: Foreign Language learning and identity.
Enrique first graduated in Education from the Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain in 1989. In 1993 he graduated in History from the same institution. In 1999 he graduated with a Master degree in History with minor in Spanish Literature from Texas Tech University, in Lubbock, Texas and in 2005 with a PhD in Spanish Literature with a minor in American History also from Texas Tech University.
Dr. Porrua has extensive experience in teaching Spanish a foreign languages at all levels. He created two Spanish language courses for the US Department of Defense in 2008 and 2009 (SOLT I and SOLT II -Special Operations Language Training I and Special Operations Language Training II) and a Spanish Language course for Heritage Speakers in the US military. He is a published author and has participated in numerous local, national and international conferences in Spain, the United States, Colombia, and Mexico. Among his publications, he has authored and co-authored several articles in the US, Spain, and Russia. He authored two books with the Edwin Mellen Press in New York, one in 2001 on Spanish Maritime History (The Navigation Diary Written by Lieutenant Antonio de Tova Arredondo. Malaspina Expedition 1789-1794) and one in 2005 on three postmodern novels by Spanish novelist and Nobel Price Camilo José Cela (El discurso postmodernista en la trilogía gallega de Camilo José Cela).
His professional experience extends to institutional service, having served several terms as UNCP faculty Senator representing the School of Letters, Foreign Languages Department Chair, University Conciliator, and in committees such as Academic Affairs, Student Conduct Hearing Board, Faculty Evaluation Review, etc. and leading several Study abroad programs in Granada, Seville, and Madrid, Spain.
Additionally, he currently volunteers his time as a referee for the L’Erurite Franc-Spagnol review, peer evaluator of papers to be presented at the University of Hawaii International Conferences, and the Undergraduate Awards.
Areas of expertise: Teaching of Spanish as a Foreign Language, Spanish Maritime Frontier, Spanish-American Ethno-history, XVIII Century Spanish Maritime Exploration, Spanish Literature ( Camilo J. Cela). Currently working on: Foreign Language learning and identity.
