Celia Bravo Diaz

• Educational Background
• Publications
• Activities
• Awards
• Courses

Educational Background

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Educational Background

• MA: Hispanic Literatures, Cultures & Linguistics, University of Minnesota, 2017 -
• BA: Translation and Interpretation, University of Granada, 2014 -

Publications

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Publications

• Bravo Díaz, Celia. (Accepted). Escenarios retóricos para la independencia: la cuestión catalana. Hispania.
• Book Chapter: Bravo Díaz, Celia. (In preparation). Linguistic Correlates in Hypothesis Elaboration among Advanced and Superior-Level L2 Speakers of Spanish. In P. Malovrh and M. Menke (Ed.), Advancedness in Second Language Spanish: Definitions, Challenges and Possibilities. John Benjamins.
• Bravo Díaz, Celia. (Forthcoming). Expressing Motion Events in a Third Language: A Study of Chinese Learners of Spanish. Selected proceedings of the 2017 Second Language Research Forum. Somerville, MA: Cascadilla Proceedings Project.
• Bravo Díaz, Celia. (Forthcoming). A review of Queer, Latinx, and Bilingual: Narrative resources in the negotiation of identities, by Holly Cashman. Hispania.

Activities

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Activities

Professional

• Presenter: 37 Congreso Internacional de la Asociación Española de Lingüística Aplicada: Bilingüismo y Lenguas en Contacto Universidad de Valladolid “Acquisition of Spanish Rhotics by L1 Mandarin Speakers in Spain”. 2019 -
• Presenter: Hispanic Linguistics Symposium, University of Texas at Austin “Factores pragmático-discursivos en el doblaje clítico de objeto directo del español hablado de Castilla La-Mancha”. 2018 -
• Presenter: American Association for Applied Linguistics 2018 Conference, Chicago, Illinois “The influence of Alphabetic Print Literacy in L1 Mandarin on the L2 Acquisition of Spanish Stops". 2018 -
• Presenter: Horror Vacui: 5th Annual Graduate Student Conference, University of Minnesota-TC, Minneapolis, MN “Doblaje clítico de objeto directo en el español hablado de Castilla La-Mancha”. 2018 -
• Presenter: Evolving Perspectives on Advancedness: A Symposium on Second Language Spanish, University of Minnesota “Correlatos lingüísticos en la elaboración de hipótesis en español de hablantes en los niveles Superior y Avanzado alto de ACTFL”. 2018 -
• Presenter: Second Language Research Forum 2017 The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio “Expressing Motion Events in a Third Language: A Study of Chinese Learners of Spanish”. 2017 -
• Presenter: 10th Annual SLA Student Symposium: Second Language Teaching and Learning Diversity and Advocacy University of Minnesota-TC, Minneapolis, Minnesota “Translanguaging as a Mechanism for Sense-making in Discourse”. 2017 -
• Presenter: 26th Conference on Spanish in the United Stated 11 th Conference on Spanish in Contact with Other Languages Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah “La pluralización del verbo haber impersonal en el español de Barcelona”. 2017 -
• Presenter: Shifting Landscapes: 4th Annual Graduate Student Conference University of Minnesota-TC, Minneapolis, MN “La pluralización del verbo haber: ¿un cambio en progreso?”. 2017 -
• Presenter: 5th Luso-Hispanic Linguistics Symposium, University of Wisconsin-Madison “Acquisition of Spanish Voiced Stop Spirantization by Native Speakers of Mandarin in a Study-abroad Context”. 2016 -
• Presenter: LIF2019 – 6th International Language in Focus Conference: Language, Research, and Teaching in the 21st Century Dubrovnik, Croatia “Peer Feedback and Learner Agency in Lingua Franca Conversations: Insights from Mexican- American Telecollaborative Exchanges”. 2019 -

Outreach

• Instructor: Advanced Spanish Language and Culture, IES Abroad Granada – Middlebury Interactive Languages. 2018 -
• Spanish- English Sworn Translator: Ministry of Foreign Affairs, European Union and Cooperation (Spain). 2015 - present
• Spanish Language Coach: Extension Center for Community Vitality and Tourism (Saint Paul, Minnesota). 2016 -

Research

• Research Assistant to Dr. Mandy Menke: "The Development of Academic Language in Spanish Language Immersion Programs", University of Minnesota. 2018 - present

Awards

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Awards

• Thesis Research Travel Grant, University of Minnesota Graduate School, 2019
• SPPT Summer Research Fellowship - Department of Spanish and Portuguese Studies, University of Minnesota, 2018
• Graduate Student Travel Fellowship - Department of Spanish and Portuguese Studies, University of Minnesota, 2017 - 2019

Courses

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Courses

• SPAN 1022: Alternative Second Semester Spanish
• SPAN 1003: Intermediate Spanish
• SPAN 3015: Spanish Composition & Communication
• SPAN 3107: Intro to the Study of Hispanic Linguistics