Mgr. Diana Patricia Varela Cano, PhD.

Faculty: Faculty of Applied Languages

Department: Department of Romance and Slavic Languages

Position: Assistant Professor

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Scientific-pedagogical characteristics of the person

Second degree of higher education

Study field and programme: Master (Mgr.) - Pedagogy - psychology, 1988 — 1993, Faculty of Arts, Comenius University in Bratislava

Third degree of higher education

Study field and programme: Doctoral studies in school psychology; Doctoral studies in psycholinguistics, 1998; 2004, Faculty of Arts, Comenius University in Bratislava

Current and previous employment

Assistant Professor
Faculty of Applied Languages University of Economics in Bratislava
2012 –

Reviewer - Graduation tests, Teaching and scientific activities in the field of foreign language teaching
National Institute for Certified Educational Measurement (NUCEM) in Bratislava
2010 –

Assistant Professor, Coordinator for Spanish Language Practice, Teaching and Research in Foreign Language Teaching, Spanish Language Didactics
Department of Romance Languages and Literature Faculty of Education, Comenius University in Bratislava
1998 — 2012

Spanish language teacher
French School of Bratislava
2007 — 2019

Spanish language teacher
The British International School, Bratislava
2001 — 2007

Development of pedagogical, professional, language, digital and other skills

Update course for EU Spanish language teachers: use of information and communication technologies (ICT)
Universidad Internacional Menéndez Pelayo, Santander, Spain
2011

Didactics course for teachers of Spanish as a foreign language in primary school
Universidad de Santiago de Compostela, Spain
2009

Didactics course for teachers of Spanish as a foreign language in secondary school
Universidad de Santiago de Compostela, Spain
2006

Course for professors of Spanish language and literature
Spanish Agency for International Cooperation (AECI), Madrid
2001

Overview of activities within the teaching career at the university

Number of defended theses

Bakalárske (prvý stupeň): 35

Diplomové (druhý stupeň): 43

Overview of the research/artistic/other outputs

Number of the research/artistic/other outputs registered in the Web of Science or Scopus databases: 15

Number of citations registered in the Web of Science or Scopus databases: 2

Number of invited lectures at the international, national level: 3

Overview of organizational experience related to higher education and research/artistic/other activities

Member
Central Commission for Pre-primary and Primary Education Language and Communication - Foreign Language
2010

Overview of international mobilities and visits oriented on education and research/artistic/other activities in the given field of study

University of Matanzas, Matanzas, Cuba
5.2. - 15.3.2018,
research stay, Cuba scholarship
University of Vigo, Vigo, Spain
12. – 19. 02.2017,
teacher mobility Erasmus
University of Granada, Ceuta, Spain
10. – 17. 04.2016,
teacher mobility Erasmus
University of Trieste, Trieste, Italy
11. – 17. 04.2012,
teacher mobility Erasmus
University of Almeria, Almeria, Spain
19. – 25. 02.2011,
teacher mobility Erasmus
Spanish Agency for International Cooperation (AECI), Madrid, Madrid, Spain
7.1. – 30.6. 2001,
course for Spanish teachers, AECI Spain grant
University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria – University School of Tourism of Lanzarote, Lanzarote, Spain
14.5–21.5.2023,
teacher mobility Erasmus