Lecturer in Spanish language, culture and history. He has qualifications and title of Master of Arts in Spanish Philology. He has also completed numerous courses in teaching Spanish as a foreign language and by now has over 15 years of experience in teaching Spanish to foreign students at the levels from A1 to C1. He did most of his teaching in a teacher training college, working with future teachers of Spanish.
Apart from classes in Practical Spanish, he has experience in teaching a number philological subjects acquired thanks to his 15 years of teaching, such as Spanish History and Civilization or Spanish Literature. He has also run integrated courses of Spanish Phonetics and Phonology as well as classes in Historical Grammar and General Linguistics.
He has also been member of international Spanish language examination boards (DELE) at all levels since 2003 and has taken part in annual examinations not only as an examiner, but also coordinator and chair of the examination board. He also actively participated in courses and seminars on the subject. In addition, he runs preparatory courses for various European programmes, e.g. Erasmus +, educating young people planning to study or gain their work experienced in Spain.
Lcd. Roberto Martínez Zabala
Licenciado en Filología española por la Universidad del País Vasco, ha participado en numerosos cursos sobre metodología de la enseñanza del español como lengua extranjera.
El profesor cuenta con más de 15 años de experiencia en la enseñanza de español como lengua extranjera en todos los niveles (A1-C2).
La mayor parte de su experiencia laboral se ha desarrollado en el área de la formación de los futuros profesores de español, donde además de clases de lengua práctica ha impartido asignaturas de carácter filológico como literatura, historia de la lengua, fonética y fonología, gramática histórica y lingüística general.
Desde 2003 es examinador acreditado del Instituto Cervantes y participa en las convocatorias anuales como coordinador y miembro las comisiones examinadoras. Asiste regularmente a los cursos de formación continua de examinadores que organiza el Instituto.
Dentro del programa europeo Erasmus +, trabaja en la formación estudiantes polacos que realizan prácticas de empresa España.