Stuart Smith
Additional education and training
Spanish Language Courses
Forester Language Institute, Costa Rica
Universidad de Costa Rica
Academia Buenos Aires
Graduate Level Courses in Spanish, ESL, and Foreign Language Education
University of Arizona in Guadalajara
University of Texas at Austin
Oral Proficiency Tester Certification in French
American Council on Teaching Foreign Language
Teaching Experience
TEACHING AND RELATED EXPERIENCE
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
FRENCH
Austin Community College
University of Texas at Austin
SPANISH
Austin Community College
ESL
Dexter House, UT
HOFT
Lycée Calmettte
PUBLISHING, EDITING, WRITING - French and Spanish
College Board
Cengage Publishing
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Professional Publications
PROFESSIONAL PUBLICATIONS
Co-Author, Horizons
College French Textbook Division, Cengage Learning
Co-Author, Exprésate
Secondary Spanish Textbook Division, World Languages, HRW Publishing
Contributing Freelance Writer and Editor
World Languages, HRW Publishing
Reviewer of Spanish Textbooks
Modern Language Journal
RELATED EXPERIENCE
Senior Editor of French
Secondary Textbook Division, HBJ Publishing
COURSE AND MATERIALS DEVELOPMENT
Course Development, Study Guides, and Exams for French Instructional Television Courses
Austin Community College
Correspondence Course Development, Study Guides, and Exams
Correspondence Division, University of Texas at Austin
French Exams for High School Credit by Examination
Correspondence Division, University of Texas at Austin
professional presentations
“Integrating Culture into the Curriculum”
Texas Community College Teachers’ Association, Dallas, Texas
“Teaching Culture through Games and Activities”
Southwest Conference on Language Teaching, Denver, Colorado
“Appealing to a Variety of Learning Styles: Presenting Vocabulary and Structure”
Texas Foreign Language Association, Austin, Texas
“Yes, it’s context, but is it real?”
Texas Foreign Language Association, Austin, Texas
“Meaningful Contextualization in Proficiency-based Textbooks”
American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Language, Atlanta, Georgia
“A Model Testing Interview”
Oral Proficiency Workshop, Texas Lutheran University, Seguin, Texas
“Methods for Developing Oral Skills”
Teacher In-service Training, Austin Independent School Districtt
ADMINISTRATIVE ASSIGNMENTS
Austin Community College
Assistant Department Chair of Foreign Languages
Associate Dean
Department Chair
College-Wide Committee Assignments: Curriculum Committee, Sabbatical Leave
Committee, Department Head Loading Committee
Departmental Committee Assignments: Professional Development Committee,
Adjunct Faculty Hiring Committee, New Faculty Committee, Scheduling
Committee, Adjunct Faculty Evaluation Committee, French SACS Committee
Published: August 18, 2023