Marta Llorente Bravo

Education and Degree(s)

M.A., Spanish as a Second Language, Universidad Complutense de Madrid

B.A., English Language and Literature, Universidad Complutense de Madrid

Research Interests

• Critical Discourse Studies
• Applied Sociolinguistics
• Language and Gender
• Spanish in the US
• Critical Language Awareness
• Second Language Acquisition
• Task-Based Language Teaching
• Second Language Pragmatics

Course(s) Taught

UC Davis (2016-present)

• SPA 001Y Hybrid Beginners Spanish
• SPA 002 Beginning Spanish II
• SPA 002Y Hybrid Beginning Spanish II
• SPA 021 Intermediate Spanish I (Spring 2018)
• SPA 022V Online Intermediate Spanish II 024
• SPA 24 Spanish Composition II
• SPA 117 Spanish in the US

Harvard University

• SPANISH AA Beginning Spanish I
• SPANISH AB Beginning Spanish II
• SPANISH 30 Advanced Spanish Language and Culture I

Selected Publications

Colombi, C., Cerbino, D., & Llorente Bravo, M. (forthcoming) “ “Hablamos español”: A view of marketing in the multilingual landscape of California”      

Parra, M.L., Llorente Bravo, M., & Polinsky, M. (2018). “De bueno a muy bueno: How Pedagogical Intervention Boosts Language Proficiency in Advanced Heritage Learners” in Heritage Language Journal, 15, 2.

Honors and Awards

• Provost Fellow (2015-2016) UC Davis
• Excellence in Teaching (2013-2014 and 2014-2015) Bok Center, Harvard University