Juan Muñoz López

Profile

I studied Spanish and English Studies at the Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha (Spain) and French language at the Escuela Oficial de Idiomas. I continued my studies at the Universidad de Alicante (Spain), where I obtained my PGCE in Modern Foreign Languages, and took my M.A. in Applied Linguistics: Teaching Spanish as a Foreign Language at the Universidad Antonio de Nebrija (Madrid - Spain).

I have been a member of the Spanish, Portuguese and Latin American Studies (SPLAS) subject area in the School of Languages, Cultures and Societies (LCS) since 2002. I am also the incoming Erasmus students Coordinator for SPLAS and the Instituto Cervantes Liaison. 

I started my career in 1999 teaching Spanish as a Foreign Language at the Instituto Cervantes in Leeds and later in 2000 at Leeds Beckett University, where I taught both mature and undergraduate students.

Responsibilities

• Spanish B (Ab Initio) Coordinator
• Instituto Cervantes Liaison
• SPLAS Incoming Study Abroad Coordinator

Research interests

Publications:

• García Florenciano, María; Muñoz López, Juan. (2020). Hacia la integración de lengua y contenido a través del aprendizaje digital y la clase invertida. In Lallana, Amparo; Hernández Martín, Lourdes; Fuertes Gutiérrez, Mara (Eds), Five years of ELEUK conferences: a selection of short papers from 2019 (pp. 7-18). Research-publishing.net. https://doi.org/10.14705/rpnet.2020.41.1071 
• Race, Phil (2018[22009]): Tirarse a la piscina: cómo empezar a enseñar en educación superior, Leeds: Leeds Metropolitan University. Translation in Spanish by Mara Fuertes Gutierrez and Juan Muñoz López. Available from https://phil-race.co.uk/2018/07/ola-in-at-the-deep-end-now-in-spanish-too/. [Accessed October 2018].
• Muñoz López, J. J. & García Florenciano, M. (2017) [online] Integración de los contenidos gramaticales, léxicos y socioculturales en un contexto universitario. Actas de las VIII Jornadas Didácticas. Instituto Cervantes-Manchester Available from https://cvc.cervantes.es/ensenanza/biblioteca_ele/publicaciones_centros/PDF/manchester_2015-2016/08_munoz_garcia.pdf [Accessed July 2018]
• García Florenciano, M. & Muñoz López, J. J. (2014) [online] Trabajo – Entrevista de trabajo. Vida Hispánica 49 (Spring). Available from https://www.all-languages.org.uk/language-zones/spanishzone/practicespanish/dos-unidades-didacticas-trabajo-y-entrevista-de-trabajo/ [Accessed July 2018]
• García Florenciano, M. & Muñoz López, J. J. (2013) [online] No es país para jóvenes - ¿Hora de hacer las maletas? Vida Hispánica 48 (Autumn) Available from https://www.all-languages.org.uk/language-zones/spanishzone/practicespanish/dos-unidades-didacticas-no-es-pais-para-jovenes-y-hora-de-hacer-las-maletas-un-acercamiento-a-la-realidad-social-de-los-jovenes-espanoles/  [Accessed July 2018]
• Fuertes Gutiérrez, M., Muñoz López, J. J., Poveda, J., Keinhorst, W. (2011), Period Abroad E-Portfolio Toolkit. Assessment and Learning in Practice Setting (ALPS)
• Muñoz López, J. J. (2010), Integración del componente no verbal en el aula ELE.  Vida Hispánica 42, p. 14-18 (Autumn)
• Muñoz López, J. J. (2008), Integración de la comunicación no verbal en la clase de E/LE [online] Red Electrónica de didáctica del español como lengua extranjera – Ministerio de Educación, Política Social y Deporte. Available from  http://www.mecd.gob.es/redele/Biblioteca-Virtual/2008/memoriaMaster/2-Semestre/MUNOZ_L.html [Accessed July 2018]
• Muñoz López, J. J. (2006) El Matrimonio Homosexual [online]  Todoele.net. Available fromhttp://www.todoele.net/actividades/Actividad_maint.asp?ActividadesPage=2&Actividad_id=153 [Accessed July 2018]

Conferences and Forums:

2019 – Innovative and/or inclusive assessment workshop – Spanish Beginners – University of Leeds.

2019 - The development of mediation skills during the year abroad placement. The 2019 Year Abroad Conference – University of Leeds

2019 - Hacia la integración de lengua y contenido a través del aprendizaje digital y la clase invertida. ELEUK Annual Conference 2019 – University of Edinburgh

2018 - Make it CLIL. Content and Language Integrated Learning at the School of Languages, Cultures and Societies. University of Leeds

2018 - CELT Ab Initio Forum: ‘Variety in Assessment Format Between Languages in the School’. School of Languages, Cultures and Societes. University of Leeds.

2018 - CELT Ab Initio Forum: The Spanish Ab Initio provision in SPLAS. School of Languages, Cultures and Societes. University of Leeds.

2017 - Authentic Materials and Real Tasks: Enhancing Students’ Employability, Intercultural Awareness and Communicative Competence. The 18th AULC Conference: 'The Multilingual University: Inspiring teachers, transforming learners'. Queen’s University Belfast.

2015 - Integración de los contenidos gramaticales, léxicos y socioculturales en un contexto universitario.  VIII Jornadas Didácticas. Instituto Cervantes de Manchester

2013  - El portafolio electrónico como herramienta para evaluar el año en el extranjero. I Encuentro de profesores universitarios de ELE en Inglaterra - Instituto Cervantes

2012  - World Wide Web and Language Assessment Tools: The Period Abroad E-Portfolio. Languages in the Globalised World International Conference. School of Languages, Leeds Beckett University, Leeds, UK

2012 - The e-Portfolio Toolkit. SMLC Language Teaching Forum: Autonomous Language-Learning: Increasing Proficiency through Self-directed Learning. University of Leeds

2011 - ALPS Showcase: ALPS e-portfolio Mini-projects. Assessment and Learning in Practice Settings – Leeds

2011 - The Period Abroad E-Portfolio. Innovative teaching and learning at university: enhancing the learning experience of Modern Languages students. Developing Learner Autonomy.  Newcastle University

2010 - Promoting cultural and linguistic engagements during the year abroad. Supporting students' learning outside the classroom: Promoting independence and autonomy in LLAS disciplines. Subject Centre for Languages, Linguistics and Area Studies

2010 - Lead a horse to water.....and see it drink! Improving and assessing cultural and linguistic engagement during the Year Abroad. Assessment of the Year Abroad in Modern Language Degrees, University of Bath

2010 - Comunicación no verbal y ELE. 3rd Teaching Conference of Spanish as Foreign Language, Instituto Cervantes – Manchester

2008 - Teaching Spanish as a foreign language and ICT. Instituto Cervantes - Leeds

Qualifications

• MA Applied Linguistics: Teaching Spanish as a Foreign Language
• PGCE Modern Foreign Languages
• BA Hons Spanish and English Studies
• Diploma in French Language

Professional memberships

• UNILANG
• ELE UK

Student education

During my teaching career at the University of Leeds I have been a tutor and a co-ordinator for modules across our Spanish language provision, from beginners discovery modules to our Final Year core module. All these modules have been commended by our External Examiners regarding content, methodology, use of technologies, materials, assessment tasks and strategies, design of the exams, marking, moderation and feedback. What is more, the progress made in the teaching of Spanish language is a major reason why SPLAS has assured HE and LCS trends in UG recruitment over the past few years and my work bringing SPLAS language modules into line with The Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR) has become part of a wider School undertaking.

Research groups and institutes

• Language pedagogy
• Spanish, Portuguese and Latin American