Research&Publications/
CONFERENCES
- NNEST Advocacy and Awareness Raising: Global Perspectives 10 Years On. The 43rd Annual TESOL Convention. March 30-April 2, 2009, Denver, USA.
- Formación Inicial e Identidad Professional: Una Perspectiva Socio-Política. CONGRESO INTERNACIONAL DE FILOSOFÍA POLÍTICA Y ÉTICA. May 25-28, 2009. La Grita, Táchira, Venezuela.
- Communicative interaction in large EFL classes. II English Regional Convention: “Infusing the spirit of ELT”, October 4, 2008, San Cristóbal. Universidad Nacional Experimental del Táchira- UNET. Táchira, Venezuela.
- El Podcast como herramienta en la enseñanza del inglés como lengua extranjera, XII Congreso Internacional de Tecnologías para la Educación y el Conocimiento: Web 2.0, July 3- 5, 2008. Madrid, España.
- Resignificación de la tarea formativa a partir de la propuesta pedagógica de Paulo Freire, Magno Evento Internacional Paulo Freire. February 11-14, 2008. Universidad Central de Venezuela, Caracas, Venezuela.
- Implementación de las TIC en la Educación Básica: Tercera Etapa. LVII AsoVAC Annual Convention (Asociación Venezolana para el avance de la ciencia). December 18-23, 2007. Táchira, Venezuela.
- Nonnative English Speaking Student Teachers’ Language Awareness through Participatory Action Research (PAR). The 41st Annual TESOL Convention. March, 2007, Seattle, Washington, USA.
- Colloquium “Narrative inquiry and TESOL professionals of color”. The 41st Annual TESOL Convention, March 2007, Seattle, Washington, USA.
- Cooperative learning in the EFL class, XXIV Annual VENTESOL Convention “Daring to Lead.” May 2006, Caracas, Venezuela.
- El Seminario como Estrategia para la Formación Docente, IV Encuentro Internacional de RED KIPUS. October, 2006, Margarita, Venezuela.
- La Percepción de Autoeficacia Docente de un Grupo de Profesores de Inglés de Educación Básica. VIII Jornada Institucional de Investigación Educativa UPEL Rubio, April 2006, Rubio, Táchira, Venezuela.
- TV to Boost Vocabulary, Listening, and Writing, 39th Annual TESOL Convention. March 30-April 2, 2005, San Antonio, Texas, USA.
- A critical praxis into the education of EFL teachers. The 39th Annual TESOL Convention. March 30-April 2, 2005. San Antonio, Texas, USA.
- Teachers’ Perceived Efficacy among English as a Foreign Language Teachers in Middle Schools in Venezuela. Annual Meeting American Educational Research Association (AERA), April 12-16, 2004, San Diego, California, USA.
- Language Teaching Methodology: Where have we come from? Where are we going? Encuentro de Profesores de Inglés patrocinado por la Universidad Nacional Experimental del Táchira y VENTESOL. October, 2004, San Cristóbal Táchira.
- What FLED (Foreign Language Education) research is currently being conducted at Ohio State University. Co-author with Charles Hancock, Robin Cogburn, & Kelly Walsh. Annual Convention Foreign Language Teachers in Ohio (OFLA).March, 2002. Worthington, Ohio, USA.
- Critical pedagogy and empowering in teacher education in Venezuela. Co-author with Luisa C. Álvarez. The 35th Annual TESOL Convention. March, 2001. St. Louis, Missouri, USA.
- Teaming up with 4-H for elementary language program. Co-author with Deborah Wilburn Robinson. The 33rd Annual Convention Central Status. April, 2001, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA.
- Foreign language and 4-H: Forging the way for every child. Co-author with Deborah W. Robinson & Hilary Raymond. The 34th Annual ACTFL Convention. November, 2000. Boston, USA.
- Countering the hidden curriculum of Western hegemony through post-colonial cross-cultural experiential learning. Co-author with Frances Bangou, Seon-Hwa, Hea-Jin Lee, Lijuan Zhai, & Merry Merryfied. Curriculum Conference. October, 1999, Dayton, Ohio, USA.
- Collaborative research on using electronic mail to facilitate student voices in a second language acquisition course. Co-author with Shelley Wong, Yen Yuh-Yun & Bangou Francis. First International Conference on Language Teacher Education. May, 1999. University of Minnesota. Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA.