Staff
Mrs Maria Wimpory, DASE, MA, FHEA
Contact Mrs Maria Wimpory (email at maria.wimpory@durham.ac.uk)
Biography
My teaching career started in Nassau, Bahamas where I taught at St Andrew's School and also at the Salvation Army School for the Blind where I taught general primary school subjects through the medium of Braille and Abacus.
After obtaining a DASE PgD in Linguistics I taught Spanish at Harrogate College; College of Ripon and York St John (now York St John University); University of Teesside and British Steel Corporation.
I have worked for private clients and solicitors' firms translating contracts, commercial letters, certificates and diplomas and a variety of documents including marriage certificates, adoption papers (UK and foreign), custody cases and special reports.
Other consultancy activities include technical editing for Hodder & Stoughton and syllabus and assessment development for the Institute of Linguists.
Since 1994 I have taught Spanish (BA (Hons) European Studies; Language Centre; Centre for Foreign Language Study) - Durham University.
I hold a University of York research MA in Applied Educational Studies focussing on the teaching and learning of grammar. My abiding interest is the teaching and learning of grammar via a judicious combination of the communicative and structuralist approaches.
CFLS Careers Advisory Service - Liaison
CFLS Harrassment Contact
CFLS Philanthropic Gift Processing Officer - Development Office
Professional Affiliations
Fellow, Higher Education Academy
Member and occasional contributor, Association for Language Learning (ALL)
Member, Society of Authors (publications record)
Member, Translators Association
Qualifications
Instituto Privado Sagrado Corazon de Maria (Convent) - Magisterio - (Teacher's Training)
EFL - British Council Institute
DASE PgD in Advanced Studies in Education (Linguistics) Lancaster University - UK
MA (by research) University of York - UK
Selected Publications
Books: edited
- Wimpory, Maria del Rosario (1994). Spanish Means Business: a multi-media language course in business Spanish. London: Pearson Education Limited.
Teaching Areas
- MLAN1011 - Beginners Spanish
- MLAN1051 - Spanish in its Context
- MLAN2011 - Spanish Consolidation
- MLAN2051 - Spanish in its Context 2