Papers by Betsabé Navarro
Revista de estudios de género y sexualidades, Nov 1, 2017
Literature
Some claim there is a lack of attention to black studies in current literary and academic fields ... more Some claim there is a lack of attention to black studies in current literary and academic fields in Spain. Even though there is an emerging wave of Afro-Spanish writers in the first quarter of the twenty-first century, many of them denounce the struggle they experienced to see their stories published and state that Afro-Spanish literature is absent from Spanish universities’ curricula. Among the recent black voices that have achieved recognition in Spain is journalist and writer Lucía Mbomío, who condemns, in her debut novel Hija del camino (2019), the traumatic experiences that black women undergo with racism and sexism in Spain. With the aim of giving representation to the literature of Afro-Spanish women writers, the present article analyzes Mbomío’s novel from the perspective of black studies, black feminism, and cultural studies.
This article examines the different circumstances under which infant and adult learners develop s... more This article examines the different circumstances under which infant and adult learners develop speaking skills. We will see the facilities or difficulties in both cases in order to focus on the real possibilities of adults to develop a high level of speaking proficiency. We will see what the role of the teacher is in order to improve the learners� skills, the features of oral communication that need to be improved and which strategies can be used to overcome the difficulties.
Consumption Markets & Culture, 2015
Do contemporary governments adapt to rising social movements or do they actually cause them? This... more Do contemporary governments adapt to rising social movements or do they actually cause them? This paper endeavours to argue that although it is often difficult to determine the origins of social transformations, there are reasons to believe that there exists not only a co-option but also a conscious shaping of social changes by political projects or governments for their own benefit. Building on other contributions that state that popular culture and youth consumerism are used in favour of nation branding, the present study moves beyond this to analyse the active role that governments play in the marketisation and consumption of culture, thus artificially multiplying the effective impact of some cultural waves that ultimately serve political purposes. In particular, I examine the so-called “Cool Britannia” phenomenon that, founded on the flourishing of new creative industries, with Britpop in the lead, had a significant historic impact in Britain.
Porta Linguarum Revista Interuniversitaria de Didáctica de las Lenguas Extranjeras, 2013
This article explores the advantages and disadvantages of English language immersion courses, sub... more This article explores the advantages and disadvantages of English language immersion courses, subsidized by the Spanish Ministry of Education and organized by the International University Menendez Pelayo, which hires the services of the American company Vaughan Systems. These immersion courses, called "Immersion for Verbal Agility", follow the "Vaughan Method"-a language learning methodology based, according to the author, on the well-known Audiolingual and Grammar Translation methods. The present study, based on observation and participation in one of the mentioned intensive courses, analyses the assets and pitfalls of what it is now a traditional language teaching method, providing a theoretical discussion on Second Language Acquisition and a brief review of the corresponding second language teaching methods.
Betsabe Navarro Romero, 2010
Betsabe Navarro Romero, 2009
This article examines the different circumstances under which infant and adult learners develop s... more This article examines the different circumstances under which infant and adult learners develop speaking skills. We will see the facilities or difficulties in both cases in order to focus on the real possibilities of adults to develop a high level of speaking proficiency. We will see what the role of the teacher is in order to improve the learners' skills, the features of oral communication that need to be improved and which strategies can be used to overcome the difficulties.
Betsabe Navarro Romero, 2009
Betsabe Navarro Romero, 2012
This article explores the advantages and disadvantages of English language immersion courses, sub... more This article explores the advantages and disadvantages of English language immersion courses, subsidized by the Spanish Ministry of Education and organized by the International University Menendez Pelayo, which hires the services of the American company Vaughan Systems. These immersion courses, called "Immersion for Verbal Agility", follow the "Vaughan Method"-a language learning methodology based, according to the author, on the well-known Audiolingual and Grammar Translation methods. The present study, based on observation and participation in one of the mentioned intensive courses, analyses the assets and pitfalls of what it is now a traditional language teaching method, providing a theoretical discussion on Second Language Acquisition and a brief review of the corresponding second language teaching methods.
Betsabe Navarro Romero, 2017
Letras Femeninas. A Journal of Women and Gender Studies in Hispanic Literatures and Cultures, 2018
This article provides an insight into the theatre workshop project in a Spanish as a Foreign Lang... more This article provides an insight into the theatre workshop project in a Spanish as a Foreign Language class as a way to promote cultural knowledge about Spain (past and present), as well as deepening into advanced Spanish grammar, and reinforcing oral and written language skills (conversation and composition) in the target language. The workshop is integrated in a general course of Spanish as a foreign language whose lingua franca is Spanish itself. The workshop is targeted at undergraduate upper-intermediate college students and aims the reading and analysis of Federico García Lorca ́s work Bodas de sangre (Blood Wedding), and the dramatic representation of a number of creative adaptations of the original text written by the students themselves in which they expose and analyze a particular cultural element of their choice.
The Plays of Margaret Drabble
In a situation of national identity crisis due to the loss of Empire, globalization and mass migr... more In a situation of national identity crisis due to the loss of Empire, globalization and mass migration, Britain has recently been looking for a new orientation of its role in the world. Being an attempt to influence and change the conception of Britishness, New Labour's modernization programme in the 1997 general election illustrates the way national identities, understood as imagined communities, are artificially and conveniently constructed by the political elite. Similarly, history writing, essential for the constitution of the national identity, undergoes an analogous process in which historical accounts are manipulated to exhibit convenient versions of the nation's past. In this context, Julian Barnes's novel England, England (1998) epitomizes a satirical portrayal of the artful construction of Englishness, hyperbolizing New Labour's modernization project.
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