Teaching

Main Subjects

Faculty of Philology – USAL

A selection of the subjects taught is listed below:

• 20th-Century Spanish Literature – Bachelor’s Degree in Hispanic Philology (USAL)
• Hispanic Digital Literature – Master’s in Spanish and Latin American Literature, Literary Theory, and Comparative Literature (USAL)
• Digital Literatures and Writing with Artificial Intelligence – Specific Training Course (USAL)
• Digital Textualities – Master’s in Textual Heritage and Digital Humanities (USAL)
• Screenwriting – Master’s in Creative Writing (USAL)
• Methodology of Literary Research – Master’s in Spanish and Latin American Literature, Literary Theory, and Comparative Literature (USAL)
• Course Planning and Assessment – Master’s in Teaching Spanish as a Foreign Language (UIMP)
• Curriculum Design and Didactics for Spanish Language and Literature – Master’s in Secondary Education, Baccalaureate, Vocational Training, Languages, and Arts Teaching (USAL)
• New Research Avenues in Spanish-Language Poetry: Topics and Issues – Master’s in Advanced Philological Studies: Research and Professional Applications (UVa)
• Hispanic-American Cultural Studies – Master’s in Advanced Philological Studies: Research and Professional Applications (UVa)
• Essay and Literary Criticism. Literary Journalism – Master’s in Creative Writing in Spanish (USAL)
• Introduction to Spanish Poetry – Bachelor’s Degree in Hispanic Philology (USAL)
• Spanish Literature (20th Century, II) – Bachelor’s Degree in Hispanic Philology (USAL)
• 19th- and 20th-Century Latin American Literature – Bachelor’s Degree in Modern Languages (UVa)
• Shifting Borders in Spain and Latin America – BA (Hons) in Spanish Studies (MMU)
• Hispanic Culture and Society – BA (Hons) in Spanish Studies (MMU)
• Power and Culture in Latin America – BA (Hons) in Spanish Studies (MMU)

Teacher Training Courses Offered

• Generative Artificial Intelligence: Strategies for Integration in Teaching and Learning of Philological Studies (USAL)
• Approaches to Textual Study through Digital Humanities: Using Voyant Tools (USAL)
• Hispanic Digital Literature Seminar (USAL)
• Scientific Evaluation: Key Guidelines for Reviewing Contributions in the Philological Field (USAL)
• Using Video Games and Storytelling in Language Learning and Teaching (MMU)

Teaching Materials

As part of research into teaching innovation, he has developed various materials for teaching Spanish as a foreign language (SFL/ELE). At the Premysa Foundation, he coordinated, along with Juan Carlos Cruz Suárez, the Babelingua (Spanish course for foreigners) method (2007), funded through ETCOTE XXI (Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs).

In 2013, the books for the ELElab method were published by Ediciones de la Universidad de Salamanca. These include student books ranging from level A1 to C2 of the Common European Framework of Reference (CEFR), teaching guides for instructors, and the Reference Grammar for Spanish Teaching. Daniel Escandell contributed as part of the team led by Emilio Prieto de los Mozos, a full professor at the University of Salamanca, who was responsible for the books for levels B2 and C1-C2.

Additionally, as part of the ELElab team, he created the MOOC “Español Salamanca A2″, which first launched in spring 2014 as a collaboration between the University of Salamanca and Universia (Banco Santander). This partnership extended to developing the online course “Espanhol Intermediário” for university students in Brazil and the course “Technical Spanish” in collaboration with the Royal Academy of Engineers. His most recent online course is the MOOC “Speak Well, Write Better”.

The Babelingua materials in their digital edition on 3 DVDs

He also authored the textbook No es web para críticas for the Master’s in Creative Writing in Spanish, used in that program since the 2016/17 academic year for the course “Essay and Literary Criticism.”

He coordinated the development of the materials Otra Onda, published by the Ministry of Education through Leer.es, and the volume El videojuego como recurso pedagógico, available as open access from the Ministry of Education.

Educational Innovation Projects

The ELElab manuals (levels A1-A2, B1, B2, C1-C2), teacher guides, and reference grammar

Although his research projects have always included the development of strategies to bring the results of generated knowledge into the educational field—as seen in the cases of Transmedia in Education and Exocanon—he has also undertaken various projects focused exclusively on educational innovation.

As principal researcher, his pedagogic research projects (PID) include:

• 2024–2025. Bidirectional Strategies to Promote Reading: Content Production for Future Secondary and High School Teachers (ID2024/057)
• 2023–2024. Artificial Intelligence in Classrooms: Strategies for the Ethical Use of AI in the Teaching and Learning of Literature (ID2023/067)
• 2021–2022. Against Silencing: Digital Performance, Media, and Creative Strategies to Reclaim the Canonical Space of Literary Figures Condemned to Oblivion (ID2021/047)
• 2019–2020. Microcreativity and Teaching: Stimulating Creativity to Foster Critical Thinking and the Learning Process in Literary Education under the EHEA Framework (ID2019/050)

Additionally, he has been a member of several research projects, including:

• 2022–2023. Literary Podcasts: Creating Guides, Activities, and Peer Evaluations (ID2022/195)
• 2020–2021. From the Margins to the Classroom: Bridging the Digital and Gender Gap in Literature Courses in Philology Degrees (ID2020/134)
• 2016–2017. Best Practices in Teaching English as a Foreign Language (EFL): Familiarization and (Self-)Assessment Using the Common European Framework of Reference (ID2016/025)
• 2015–2016. Using Rubrics within a Discursive Approach to Foster Autonomous Learning and Improve Oral Presentations in English at the University Level (ID2015/0028)
• 2014–2015. MOOC Español Salamanca A2 (ID2014/0007)