Mariandreína Kostantinov

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MARIANDREÍNA KOSTANTINOV website:http://andreinak.weebly.com/

Applied Linguistics (TESL) email: mkostantinov@ufl.edu
First Year Spanish Linguistics

Education

First year of PhD in Spanish Linguistics

Department of Portuguese and Spanish Studies, University of Florida (UF) 2017 – present

M.A. in Applied Linguistics

Department of World Languages, University of South Florida (USF) 2014 –2016

B.A. in Spanish
University of South Florida (USF) May 2014

Employment
Online Tutor ABCJr. for Chinese and Taiwanese youth learners. iTutorGroup. Summer
2017. English as Foreign Language (EFL)
Online Tutor ABC for Chinese and Taiwanese adult learners. iTutorGroup. Spring 2017.
English as Foreign Language (EFL)
Teacher Assistant (TA), INTO, University of South Florida, (USF), 2015-2016
Teacher Assistant (TA), Department of World Languages, University of South Florida,
(USF), 2015-2016
Spanish Exam Proctor/Reader/Scribeposition for the Students with Disabilities Service
Office. University of South Florida, (USF), 2015- 2016
Summer 2009. Children course, English I as a Foreign Language (EFL). Valencia-
Venezuela

Teaching Experience

Teacher Assistant (TA), INTO, University of South Florida, USF. 2015-2016.

 Fall 2016, Teacher Assistant, INTO, University of South Florida, USF. 2015-2016.
 Summer 2015. Observation Internship. INTO – USF

Teacher Assistant (TA), INTO, University of South Florida, USF. 2015-2016.

 Summer 2016. Teacher Assistant, Department of World Languages, USF

 Spring 2015. Adjunct, Department of World Languages, USF

Courses Taught
 Academic Preparation level 3 reading and writing (AP3)
 SPN 1120: Beginning Spanish I
 SPN 1121: Beginning Spanish II
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 American English (AE): Grammar I

 English I for children: The Four Languages Skills

Graduate Teaching Assistant (GTA), University of Florida, UF. 2017-present.

Fall 2017, Graduate Teaching Assistant, University of Florida, UF. (2017-present).

Courses Taught
 SPN 1131: Intermediate Spanish II

Guest Lecturer, Seven Oaks Elementary School (S.O.E.S)

Fall 2015: Great American Teach-In

Service
Scribe for the LINGO graduate student organization. USF, summer 2015-2016

Conference Oral Presentations

 Kostantinov, M. (April, 2016) "The Use of Copula Ser-Estar by Bilingual School
Students" World Languages Education (WLE) Research Colloquium, Tampa,
Florida.
 Kostantinov, M (November, 2015) "Great American Teach-In", Seven Oaks Elementary
School (S.O.E.S), Tampa, Florida.
 Page F., Keegan, K., Kenneth M., Kostantinov, M., (April, 2015) “Custodial Outreach
Program” World Language Education (WLE) Research Colloquium, Tampa, Florida.

 Kostantinov, M (April, 2016) “Custodial Outreach Program” World Language Education

(WLE) Research Colloquium, Tampa, Florida”.

Conference Attended
 National Geographic Learning. “The Power of TED in the 21st Century Classroom”
Tampa, Florida, Spring 2017
 AAAL. Applied Linguistics. Orlando, Florida, Spring, 2016.
 Multilingualism in Study Abroad. Language Practice and Communities. Lecturer by Dr.
Rosamond Mitchell from the University of Southampton (UK). USF, Fall 2015
 Symposium “Bay Area Regional TESOL” (BART). Clearwater, Florida. Fall, 2014

Professional Organizations
 Member of American Association for Applied Linguistics (AAAL) ( 2016-present)
 Member of the Linguistic Society of America (LSA) (2014 – present)
 Member of American Translator Association (ATA) (2014-2017)
 Member of Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages (BART-TESOL) (2014-
present)

Research Interests
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 Second Language Acquisition

 Bilingualism
 ESL/EFL pedagogy
 Corpus Linguistics

Languages
 Spanish: Advanced knowledge –speaker of Spanish.
 English: Advanced knowledge.

Interests and Activities

 Teach English/Spanish as a Second Language (ESL).
 Language Research (e.g., Bilingualism, Language Teaching, application of Corpora into
analyzing language).
 Translate and interpret between English and Spanish

Awards
University of South Florida (USF), “Phi Sigma Theta National Honor Society” summer,
2015.

References
Available upon request