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Mr Antonio Barriga Rubio
BA (Hons), PGCE, MAApL, MATrS
Lifelong Learning Co-ordinator: Languages
Email: aob@aber.ac.uk
Phone: +44 (0) 1970 622093
Profile
I like technology in general, and in particular technology applied to Languages. It is a very important element of our courses. I feel it is very motivating for students if their teacher uses new and engaging resources.
My career has been varied. I read my degree in Art History and my PGCE in Spain.
Some years later I came to the UK. I started teaching Spanish for Continuing Education at the University of Sheffield, where I studied for the RSA Certificate in Teaching Foreign Languages to Adults. I also took courses in linguistics and literature. From 1995 to 1999 I achieved a Masters qualification in Applied Linguistics and another in Translation Studies.
I was a Spanish teacher in the Modern Languages Teaching Centre, (MLTC) and in the Continuing Education Department, both at the University of Sheffield for many years. I also worked at the Language Centre at Hallam University. My time at these universities shaped my career as a linguist and a teacher of Spanish and was very rewarding.
Upon leaving Sheffield, I became the Co-ordinator of Spanish at the University of Huddersfield (Senior Lecturer from 2000 to 2003), where I stayed for 4 years. I then took the opportunity of moving to Aberystwyth as Lifelong Learning Co-ordinator in Languages.
I was the external examiner for Spanish at the University of Glamorgan from 2006 to 2010.
I was Staff Development Officer and part of the Staff Development team from 2006 until 2016 in the School of Education and Lifelong Learning.
Previously I have organized training workshops in collaboration with Information Services, Staff Development (CDSAP), Cilt Cymru and the University of Glamorgan.
Mr Antonio Barriga Rubio
Lifelong Learning Office, Second Floor of Cledwyn Building, Penglais Campus, Aberystwyth, Ceredigion, SY23 3DD
Tel: (01970) 621580 Email: learning@aber.ac.uk