Teaching English for Specific Purposes
Seventh Latin American Congress
· 60 specialized workshops
·14 hours of personalized training
· Exhibition of updated teaching
materials by 12 publishers
PONENTES
Craig Huxley is an international speaker and teacher
trainer. His teaching career has involved students of
all ages and social backgrounds, including learners
with learning difficulties. For several years he has been
working for Express Publishing as an ELT Consultant,
visiting schools, observing lessons and introducing the
latest interactive whiteboard technology. He is also an
oral examiner for the Cambridge ESOL examinations.
Andreina España has worked in the EFL/ESL field since
1992. She started her career as a teacher and teacher
trainer in Venezuela. She holds a TEFL Certificate from
Centro Venezolano Americano, where she taught a
full range of levels and ages. She has been working
as a teacher trainer for over 20 years and has given
trainings in schools and talks at academic events
throughout Mexico and Central and South America.
Andreina is also a materials writer. She has written
resource pack activities for Attitude, authored Teacher’s
Editions for the Oxygen series, co-authored openMind
Workbook 1, as well as Resource Pack activities for the
Mind Series website, mindOnline.
Andreina moved to Mexico in 2001 to work for
Macmillan Mexico where she held the positions of
Academic Coordinator, Sales and Marketing Manager,
Product Manager, and Publisher. Andreina is currently
living in Miami, Florida, where she continues to work
for Macmillan Education as Secondary and PostSecondary Publisher.
Claudia Parra is an experienced teacher and
administrator of English language projects. She has
been responsible for the design, development and
implementation of L2 English language programmes
at university level in Chile. Since 2011 Claudia has
worked closely with Cambridge English particularly for
the census- based English SIMCE Test carried out by
the Chilean Ministry of Educations in 2012.
Mrs. Parra possesses an MPhil in English and Applied
Linguistics from the University of Cambridge, United
Kingdom and a Master in Education with a minor in
Curriculum from the Pontifical Catholic University of
Valparaiso, Chile. For a long time, she has been an
Academic Vice-Rectory dependent of the PUCV, in
charge of the University’s accreditation processes until
2006, the Faculty of Engineering curriculum innovation
and redesign from 2007 to September 2009 and,
currently the design and implementation of L2 English
language courses based on the CEFR within the
University undergraduate programmes.
Master´s Degree in Applied Linguistics and Bachelor´s Degree in Theoretical Linguistics from the University of California; MBA (c) Universidad del Pacífico. Current Director at Centro de Idiomas de la Universidad del Pacífico.