Alejandra Alvarado-Brizuela
Associate Professor, Spanish
Bio
Dr. Alejandra Alvarado-Brizuela, hereafter Dr. AB, was born and raised in Costa Rica. She came to UNA in 2013 after earning a Ph. D. degree from Indiana State University. Here at UNA, she actively participates in study abroad programs offered by the department of Foreign Languages and she also mentors students with their undergraduate research. Dr. AB is a dedicated academic adviser and an avid advocate for the study of foreign languages who also volunteers as an interpreter at different venues in the community.
Research Interests
- Specialization: Language education
Courses Taught
- SP 652 - Special Course
- SP 621 - Applied Spanish Linguistics
- SP 611 - Modernismo and Posmodernismo
- FL 597 - Methods in Foreign Lang Instr
- IE 499 - Intercultural Experience
- SP 499 - Independent Study
- SA 498 - Study Abroad Experience
- FL 497 - Methods Foreign Lang
- FL 496 - Foreign Language Internship
- SP 490 - Sp Topics in Int'l Studies
- FL 490 - Topics Internat'l Studies
- SP 421 - Spanish Linguistics
- SP 420 - Advanced Spanish Grammar
- SP 320 - Spanish Grammar
- FL 302 - Cross-Cultural Interaction
- SP 202 - Intermediate Spanish
- SP 201 - Intermediate Spanish
- FL 201 - Global Perspective Study Abrd
- SP 111 - Language Laboratory
- SP 102 - Introductory Spanish
- FL 101H - Honors Intro to Global Studies
- SP 101 - Introductory Spanish
- FL 101 - Intro to Global Studies
- FL 100 - Introduction to Language
Education
- Curriculum and Instruction/Language Education (PhD)
Indiana State University - Language, Literature, Linguistics-Linguistics/TESL (MA)
Indiana State University - TESL/TEFL (BA)
University of Costa Rica
Selected Intellectual Contributions
- Alejandra Alvarado-Brizuela. 2016. A case study of the perceptions and reactions of Spanish-speaking students to motivators and demotivators in the English language classroom. INTESOL Journal
- Carmen L. Montanez, Alejandra Alvarado-Brizuela, and Fares Da Silva. 2010. Mar y Cielo: Literatura Caribeña (Antología).