Gisselle Velarde has taught different levels of Spanish that include elementary to intermediate levels and advanced levels for intensive programs in the military field. She has lived in M茅xico and has traveled to different Spanish speaking countries. As an educator, her goal is to inspire and motivate students to learn the Spanish language, to encourage them to develop their communicative skills and to be more involved in the Hispanic culture.
She is passionate about creating a comfortable environment where her students can develop and practice their writing, reading and oral skills. She loves reading Mexican literature, traveling, and walking her dogs
Education
- M.A., Spanish, San Diego State University
- B.A., Spanish, San Diego State University
Courses Taught
- Elementary Spanish I 鈥� SPA 1001
- Elementary Spanish II 鈥� SPA 1002
Professional and Community Involvement
- American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages
- American Association of Teacher of Spanish and Portuguese
Awards and Honors
- Department of Spanish and Portuguese Outstanding Teaching Associate Award, San Diego State University, San Diego, 2017
- Favorite Faculty Member Award, San Diego State University. Award based on nominations provided by SDSU residential students, San Diego 2018.
Dissertations, Presentations, and Publications
PRESENTATIONS
- 鈥淪in fronteras: Bringing U.S. Spanish into the classroom.鈥� Session presented at the ACTFL (American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages) conference in Nashville, TN, November 2017.
- 鈥淪trategies to encourage effective student interaction and cooperation in small group activities in a language-teaching classroom.鈥� Session presented at the 5th World Languages Symposium at MiraCosta College. San Diego, CA October 2017.
- 鈥淎ssessing Learners鈥� Reactions and Attitudes towards Interpersonal Tasks.鈥� Session presented at the ACTFL (American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages) conference in New Orleans, LA, November 2018.
- 鈥淢otivating learners to visualize themselves as L2 speakers.鈥� Session presented at the 6th World Languages Symposium at MiraCosta College. San Diego, CA October 2018.
- 鈥淓l discurso oral del docente de lenguas: An谩lisis y reflexi贸n para el desarrollo pedag贸gico.鈥� Conference presented at the AATSP (The American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese) conference in San Diego, California, July 2019.
- 鈥淎prendizaje del espa帽ol a trav茅s de tareas colaborativas y la interacci贸n sincr贸nica mediada por computadora.鈥� Conference presented at the AATSP (The American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese) conference in San Diego, California, July 2019.
- 鈥淲hat is my classroom talk like? Self-analyses for teacher development鈥� Session presented at the 7th World Languages Symposium at MiraCosta College. San Diego, CA October 2019