Dr Irene Macías
Teaching Fellow in Spanish
Language Co-ordinator for Spanish
1 West North 2.26
Email: i.macias@bath.ac.uk
Tel: +44 (0) 1225 38 5481
Profile
Dr Irene Macías, Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, joined the Department in 1999. She graduated from King’s College, London, where she obtained her degree and, in 1997, her doctorate.
Before coming to Bath, she taught in the External Degree Programme of the University of London. She also did freelance interpreting for Amnesty International and worked as translator for Cambridge University Press.
She is currently leading a research project on the transition in language study from school to degree level. This project has been funded by the Learning and Teaching Enhancement Office through its Teaching Development Fund.
Externally, she is a member of the Editorial Board of Vida Hispanica, the journal for teachers of Spanish and Portuguese of the Association for Language Learning. She also reviews articles on language teaching for other publications.
Other duties include:
- Schools Liaison Officer
- Year Abroad Coordinator for the Spanish Section
- Chair of the Year Abroad Committee
- Administrator of Lectorado with Universidad Complutense
Research
- Modern language pedagogy and materials design
- Intercultural communication
- The Scholarship of Teaching and Learning
Teaching
Undergraduate
- PL10638: Spanish written and spoken language 1
- PL30640: Spanish written and spoken language 4
- PL30719: Spanish written & oral communication in the international business context
Publications
Book Sections
Macias, I. and , B. (B. A. f. I. a. C. E.), 2012. Mother tongue/foreign language: speaking the self. In: Trahar, S., ed. Listening to Academic Voices: International Stories of the UK Experience. BAICE (British Association for International and Comparative Education), pp. 14-20.
Macias, I., 2011. La enseñanza de lenguas en la universidad británica: entre la redefinición y el desprestigio. In: Villalba, F. and Villatoro, J., eds. Educacion Intercultural y Enseñanza de Lenguas. Vol. 2. Letra 25, pp. 38-47.
Macias, I. and Dolan, M., 2009. Motivating International Students. A practical guide to aspects of Learning and Teaching. In: Davies, P., ed. The Handbook for Economics Lecturers. Bristol: Higher Education Academy Economics Network, pp. 1-34.
Articles
Macias, I., 2012. How do you...? Review and practise vocabulary at advanced level. Vida Hispanica, 45, pp. 3-4.
Macias, I., 2010. Even languages are a frill for some low-cost airlines. Liaison Magazine, 5, pp. 44-45.
Macias, I., 2006. Case Study: Lecturing in the target language to post A level Spanish students: linguistic gains and pedagogical implications. LLAS Good Practice Guide
Conference or Workshop Items
Macias, I. and Dolan, M., 2010. Can I carry the can? Enhancing intercultural communication in learning and teaching. In: The Internationalisation of Higher Education, 2011-06-10, University of Bath.
Macias, I. and Grimshaw, T., 2010. Interculturality in Language Education: an untapped resource for the Internationalisation of Higher Education. In: The Internationalisation of Higher Education, 2011-06-10, University of Bath.
Macias, I. and Dolan, M., 2009. The road to Damascus: Values and skills development to enhance learning and teaching in internationally diverse higher education communities. In: The Internationalisation of Higher Education, 2009-07-03, University of Bath.
Macias, I., 2009. Spanish in the world: Processes of meaning making. In: International Conference Languages and Cultures in Contact - Then and Now, 2009-03-26 - 2009-03-28, Polonia University.
Macias, I. and Dolan, M., 2009. Flummoxed, baffled or plain confused? Enhancing the experiences of international students and staff. In: Developments in Economics Education (DEE), 2009-09-09 - 2009-09-10, Cardiff.
Macias, I., 2008. Hegemonías lingüísticas y percepciones del estudiante: algunas observaciones sobre el inglés y el español. In: XVII Convención de Docentes de Idiomas, 2008-05-07 - 2008-05-08, Universidad de Guadalajara.
Macias, I., 2007. Inclusion and the collective construction of knowledge. In: The student as producer. Reinventing the undergraduate curriculum, 2007-09-20 - 2007-09-21, The Reinvention Centre, Centre for Excellence for Teaching and Learning, University of Warwick, Warwick.
Macias, I., 2007. La pedagogía como herramienta para profundizar en la disciplina académica. In: Guest Lecture, 2007-11-08, Universidad Iberoamericana, Departamento de Educación, México..
Macias, I., 2005. Cultural and linguistic immersion in the Lecture Theatre. In: Moving Forward with Languages. Innovative Approaches to Language Teaching, 2005-01-12, University of Central Lancashire, Preston.
