Biography

Northwest Florida State College - Communication

Linguistics
SpanishTranslations/Interpretations
Spanish Instructor

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Translation & Localization
Guadalupe
O'Brien
Washington D.C. Metro Area
Spanish Communities. Breaking Language and Cultural Barriers

Spanish professor with extensive experience in the development and instruction of language programs in different levels and specific fields. Additional experience in the translation and interpretation market. Focus on multiculture and diverse populations' communications and relations.


Programs developed:
Spanish for Linguists; Spanish for Law Enforcement; Spanish for Health Care Professionals; NWF State College Collegiate School:Curriculum and Development of Spanish Program and Placement Testing Procedures; TEO (Learning by Teaching)

Communications/Hispanic Cultures:
Promoted diversity projects in the Northwest Florida communities.
Developed and implemented individual linguistic programs, "Spanish Easy Grammar", "Active Spanish", for Special Operations Forces.
Created Cultural Awareness programs, "Peru at a Glance", "Differences and Similarities among the Hispanic Cultures".
Organized and assisted special cultural events for the Northwest Florida Chamber of Commerce, military bases and the public community.

"To raise new questions, new possibilities, to regard old problems from a new angle, requires creative imagination and marks real advances..." Albert Einstein

"We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act but a habit." Aristotle.

Specialties: Accurate cultural-sensitive translation adapted to the standards and cultural norm of a target market, interpretation, localization, diverse populations promoter and facilitator,e-learning, interculture,Spanish methods and materials for productive language teaching, training and education, effective second language acquisition, STD, technology an online standards for teaching, Webct, D2L, TeacherEase, Tegrity, Elluminate, procedures and methods for ESL, analysis of a second language acquisition.