Lucia Alvarado Cantero

Lucia Alvarado Cantero

Born and raised in Costa Rica. Lucía holds a Master's degree in Language Acquisition and Linguistics studies from the University of Costa Rica and a Masters in Education by the University of California, Santa Cruz, where she also will complete her PhD in Education with a designated emphasis in Social Documentation in the Fall, 2024. More than 20 years of experience in language teaching. Her research explores the educational opportunities for forcibly displaced in transit children from Central America and Mexico. Her production includes published articles and short films.

Research Interests:

• Forced migration, Education, Literature & Film, Language

• SPAN 1N: Introduction to Elementary Spanish
• SPAN 1, 2, 3:  Introduction to Spanish Language and Culture I, II, III
• SPAN 21I: Immigration Stories

• Alvarado Cantero, Lucía. (2018). Géneros académicos orales: Estructura y estrategias de la exposición académica. Revista Nebrija de Lingüística Aplicada a la Enseñanza de Lenguas. Vol. 12 (24), pp. 7-31.
  
  
• Alvarado Cantero, Lucía. (2017). Aprendizaje como proceso transformador: Una experiencia de proyección a la comunidad. Revista Comunicación del Instituto Tecnológico de Costa Rica, Vol. 26 (1-2017)
  
  
• Alvarado Cantero, Lucía. (2008). Enseñanza de español como segunda lengua para adultos mayores: Algunas consideraciones. Revista de Filología y Lingüística de la Universidad de Costa Rica, Vol, 34 (2)