Katherine Smith
Department of Modern Languages and ESL
English
Education
Ph.D., (candidate), Bilingual Education, Facultad de Educaci贸n, Universidad Complutense
de Madrid.
M.S. Teaching English as a Second Language, Florida International University.
B.A., Spanish with a minor in linguistics, University of Florida.
Practice Areas
- English as a Second Language.
- Bilingual Education.
- Literacy and Education.
Publications and Media Placements
Publications
Ahern, A. K., & Smith, K. S. (2022). Promoting equitable literacy expectations in
CLIL: Empowering student teachers' attitude shifts through Reading to Learn in service-learning.
AILA Review, 35(2), 297鈥�320.
Conferences
Service-Learning as innovation in teacher education for bi-literacy. Katherine Smith, Aoife Ahern. II International Conference Working CLIL. Universidad de Oporto, Portugal. Marzo, 2021.
Smith, Katherine S. Picture Books: Cultural and Visual Literacy. TESOL-SPAIN 43rd Annual National Convention. Facultad de Filolog铆a, Universidad de Salamanca, Spain. Marzo, 2020.
Teacher Education for CLIL, Paper presented at Teacher Education for CLIL Oporto, Portugal.
El desarrollo de las competencias sociales y c铆vicas en la formaci贸n inicial en el enfoque AICLE: Actividades interdisciplinares para el aula de Primaria. Paper presented at XVIII Congreso Internacional de la SEDLL, Ciudad Real, Spain.
Smith, K. (2019, June 4) The Power of Using Picture Books at all ages in the Classroom
to Promote Character Development (Paper Presentation). TESOL ANPECLN Jornada Educativa-Teacher's
Tools, Ciudad Real, Spain.
Smith, K. (2018, November 29-30) Initial Teacher Education for CLIL: Developing Intercultural Competence through Teacher
Collaboration (Paper Presentation). UNED Conference, Madrid, Spain.
Projects
UCM Proyecto de Servicio-Aprendizaje (2020-presente).
UCM Proyecto de Innovaci贸n (2016-2020).