PERSONAL INFORMATION
Name: Carolina Castro Comes
Date of Birth: 21 April 1.974
Place of Birth: Lleida (Catalonia, Spain)
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SOURCE LANGUAGES
English, Spanish, Catalan
TARGET LANGUAGES
Spanish and Catalan, English
EDUCATION
1992-1997 Universitat de Lleida : Degree in English Philology
1999 Universitat de Lleida : Certificate Pedagogical Capacity
1999 – 2001 Universitat de Lleida : Tertiary Education (PhD Courses)
COMPLEMENTARY EDUCATION
1994 International Certificate Conference Certificate (ICC)
1994 First Certificate in English, University of Cambridge.
997 – 1998 Universitat de Lleida : Certificate Attendance “Advance Studies in English Language and Literature” (20h)
1998 Escola Oficial Idiomes Lleida : Certificate in English
1998 Universitat de Lleida : Certificate Attendance Seminar “West Indian Poetry, Society and Belief Systems” (24 h)
1998 Universitat de Lleida : Certificate Attendance Seminar “Screen Translations” (10h)
1998 Escola Oficial Idiomes Lleida : Certificate Attendance Course “New Technologies in the English Language Class” (30h)
1998 Universitat de Lleida : Certificate Attendance Seminar “Creative Writing Worskshop” (10h)
1999 Universitat de Lleida : Certificate Course Specialization “Teaching Spanish as a Second Language” (30h)
1999 Universitat de Lleida : Certificate Course Specialization “Popular Narratives: An Approach by Genres” (40h)
1999 Universitat de Lleida : Certificate Attendance Seminar “Canadian Fiction: Michael Ondaatje and His Many Skins” (20h)
2000 Universitat de Lleida : Certificate Attendance Course “Advance Studies in English Language and Literature III” (20h)
2000 Universitat de Lleida : Certificate Course Specialization “Before and Beyond the Post-modern” (30h)
2000 Universitat de Lleida : Certificate Attendance Seminar “Canadian Experience and Identity in Canadian Fiction” (10h)
2001 Universitat de Lleida : Certificate Course Specialization “Alien Beings: Representations of Alterity in Popular Narratives” (40h)
2002 – 2003 UNED : Diploma “Translating from English to Spanish: Theory and Practice” (120h)
2003 Universitat de Lleida : Certificate Course Specialization “From Page to Screen: Popular Narratives and Cinema” (40h)
WORKING EXPERIECE
1999 – 2000 In-house experience as Teacher of English in “Conchita Mayoral Montiel y CIA”
2000 - ... In-house Secondary School Teacher of English for Generalitat de Catalunya, Departament d’Ensenyament (Catalan Government).
2003-2004 Member of Escola Oficial Idiomes Lleida Worshop in the design and creation of on-line courses for the learning of English.
2004, 2005, ... Teacher of English for the Summer Courses at Escola Oficial Idiomes
Since 2005 Multimedia Trainer for the Catalan Government (Generalitat de Catalunya)
2005 In-house Translator for SEPROTEC
March 2006. I’ve just starting collaborating with [login to view URL] in the writing of a site for learning languages (I keep the Catalan site, not yeat available though).
OTHER
1998 Junta Permanent Català : Oficial Certificate for the Catalan Language (Certificat C)
1998 “Professional Theatre from Oxford”
2004 – 2005 Departament d’Educació, Generalitat de Catalunya : Certificate Attendance Course “Design and Creation Wep Pages” (60h)
