Nora Capaccioli

Nora Capaccioli is a Licentiate in Language graduated from Universidad de Buenos Aires.

She took part in several publications on Buenos Aires City and its identity.

		Buenos Aires: From the foundation to citizenship participation. Published by the Social Communication Office of the Government of the City of Buenos Aires, November 2004. It's a history of the City of Buenos Aires since its foundation, taking into account its culture and political and economical history. The economist Lic. Eric Calcagno was an acknowledged collaborator.
		Buenos Aires, La Boca del Riachuelo. Publisher by the Soc Communication Off of the City of Buenos Aires, December 2005. Research and development. The aim of this book is to reflect the evolution and cultural identity of this Buenos Aires neighbourhood.
		Collaboration in the compilation of the book Doors to the bicentenary. Published by UPE Puertas del Bicentenario, Government of the City of Buenos Aires, December 2006. This publication contains the lectures of the presenters at the talks Puertas del Bicentenario, held at TSM, november 2006.
		Puerto Madero women. Publisher by UPE Puertas del Bicentenario. Government of the City of Buenos Aires, abril 2007. Research and investigation. This booklet tells the lives and stories of the women who give their names to the streets of the newest neighbourhood of the city, Puerto Madero.
		Communes, let's transform Buenos Aires through participation. Published by Caminos del Sur with a prologue by Daniel Filmus and illustrations by Miguel Rep, Buenos Aires, March 2007. Research and development. In the process of the decentralization of the city, this book is an itinerary of its fifteen communes; it aims at making the people and places of each of these regions known to the public. Illustrations by Miguel Rep are acknowledged.
Her bond with the city and tourism let her deepen in the relationship between the foreigner and our own language. She is currently devoted to both the teaching of Spanish to those who visit our city and the coordination of workshops and reading and writing courses. "It's very interesting to see in the courses of Spanish as a foreign language the possibility of sharing in a very short period of time, tourist itineraries, cultural visits and guided tours. It's a way of putting into practice the knowledge acquired almost spontaneously, especially with students who take part-time courses with virtual support" Courses taken in the last few years: -"Cinema and Literature at school" Prof Roberto Faggiani, Escuela de Capacitación CEPA 2002. -"Teaching Spanish to foreigners. Prof María Gabriela Gutierrez, Escuela de Capacitación CEPA 2003. -Rodolfo Walsh and three decades in the Argentine politics" Seminar by Eduardo Jozami CCRR November-December 2004. -Texting/ booking. Course by the Editting Dept of UBA March/April 2005. -9th International Congress of reading and book promotion. During the 32nd International Book Fair April 2006. -First seminars Puertas del Bicentenario. CCSM organized by the Government of the city of Buenos Aires. November 2006. -The text beyond the text. The writing in the intertext. VI International Festival of Buenos Aires. September 2007. -Spanish for foreigners. Its specificity, problems and challenges. Expolenguas and Culture Fair. October 2007. -Myths in the cinema. Seminar dictated by Lic Mariel Ortolano, Universidad Maimónides. First semester 2008.

María Fabiana Skocaj

-Spanish, Literature and Latin Professor
Instituto Nacional Superior del Profesorado Dr. Joaquín V. González Buenos Aires.

-Specialist in Sciences of the Language
Instituto Superior del Profesorado Dr. Joaquín V. González.

Courses:
-Speech Ethnography
-Lexicology,lexicographyand Terminology
-Psycholinguistics
-Semantics
-Sociolinguistics
-Literature and Cinema Seminar
-Linguistics (Text)
-Portuguese and Brazilian Culture 1 and 2.

I worked in High School, in bilingual institutes as Belgrano day School and ST Ciaran’s.

Unpublished work:
About Ricardo Piglia (2004).

I lived in Tulsa (OK_USA) during 2005 - 2006 ; I had some pupils there and it was a great experience!!

I think my best experience was with some brazilian girls, they learnt wih me the first words of spanish in order to be able to speak with their classmates!

I speak Brazilian portuguese.

Liliana Di Giovanni

English-Spanish / Spanish-English Translator
Universidad del Salvador

BACKGROUND
Courses, Seminars and Congresses

-Member at the 1° CCongress for Translators and Interpreters.
-"Teaching Spanish to Foreigners" (Escuela de Capacitación Cepa 2003).
-Courses on Methodology applicable to the objective of the course and its attendants.
-"Building Basic ELE Writing Skills" (2008),
-"From Story Reading to Storytelling" (2008).
-Member of the "Pre Share Convention" (2009).
-Member of the "4° National Congress of Professional Development for Teachers of Foreign Languages" (2009).
-"Spanish as a Foreign Language Seminars in the same Congress" (2009).
-Seminar "Foreign Language Teachers can make a difference" (2009).
-Speaker in the Seminar "Reading, Writing, Listening and Speaking. How to approach the four skills in every lesson." (2008).

-Spanish and English Teacher In-Companies.
-Spanish private lessons to foreign students of different nationalities (all levels).
-Teaching of Technical Terminology in both languages.
-Teaching students how to understand English technical texts and their translation into Spanish in post-graduate courses in different national and international companies.
-Free-lance translator and interpreter for different companies.
-Translator member of the staff of the newspaper "El Cronista Comercial".
-Translations of different technical and non-technical audio-visual texts (Spanish-English/English-Spanish) published in magazines, newspapers and TV.


NOWADAYS, I BELIEVE SPANISH TEACHERS MUST AIM AT ACHIEVING SHORT-TERM RESULTS BY CREATING AN ACTIVE BUT AMUSING ATMOSPHERE. THROUGH THE COMMUNICATIVE APPROACH THE STUDENTS WILL BE ABLE TO SPEAK AND UNDERSTAND THE LANGUAGE IN EVERY DAY SITUATIONS IN THE NEAR FUTURE, WHILE ENJOYING THEIR LESSONS AT PRESENT.