pratsd@oregonstate.edu

Kidder Hall

Kidder Hall 234

2000 SW Campus Way

2000 SW Campus Way
Corvallis, OR 97331
Credentials: 
M.A. Language, Literature and ancient text editing.
B.A. Catalan Language and Literature.
Professional Affiliations: 

2014-present: American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages.

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Biography

I obtained my degrees and started my professional career at the University of Girona (Girona). In may 2009 I moved to Oregon and a few months later I started teaching Spanish at OSU, where I have been teaching mostly second and third year courses, both on campus and online. I have been coordinating the Spanish degrees online at OSU since January 2015.

During my free time I like to spend time either with my family, outdoors, weather permitting, or riding my bike.

At OSU
Affiliated with: 
School of Language, Culture and Society
Headquarters: 
OSU Main Campus
Courses Taught: 

Second Year of Spanish (on campus)
Third Year of Spanish (online)

Research/Career Interests: 

Catalan and Spanish literature, Romance Languages, second language acquisition, the roles of Language and Culture in today's world, online learning and many others.

Proceedings and Conference Presentations: 

2015 “Online Language Degrees at Oregon State University – Ecampus. Best practices”, with Sebastian Heiduschke, American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Language Conference, (San Diego, CA).

2015 “The Catalan Movement for Independence: Catalan Language and Identity as a Catalyst of Today’s Independence Movement”, with Anuncia Escala, 15th International Conference on Diversity in Organizations, Communities, and Nations and the On Diversity knowledge community, (Hong Kong).

My Publications

2017

Book Chapter

Heiduschke, Sebastian, and Prats David. Building And Sustaining Language Degrees Online: The Case Of German And Spanish. Online Language Teaching Research. Corvallis: Trysting Tree Books, 2017. 151-171. Print. Online Language Teaching Research.