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Alicia Sanchez Requena was the first PhD researcher for FLAME. As of 2017, she is in the final stages of her PhD study on Audiovisual Translation in Teaching Foreign Languages: the use of Intralingual Dubbing to Improve Speed, Intonation and Pronunciation in Spontaneous Conversations, which she is completing at Manchester Metropolitan University with AHRC NWDTCP sponsorship. Her project involves fieldwork with secondary schools in the Greater Manchester area. Approximately 50 A-Level students replace the voice of original actors in Spanish as a tool to develop their oral expression in the foreign language. Her supervisors are Dr Carmen Herrero (Director of FLAME) and Dr Noa Talaván (Associate member of FLAME).
Alicia is currently Spanish Lecturer at Sheffield Hallam University, where she teaches on stages 1 to 6. At higher education level, she has previously taught Spanish at Manchester Metropolitan University and at the University of Chester, as a Visiting Lecturer. At secondary education level, she worked at Royal Grammar School Guildford, where she taught at the KS3, KS4 and KS5 stages, as well as at specific courses for university entry.
Alicia holds a MA in Linguistic Applied to Teaching Spanish as a Foreign Language (University Antonio of Nebrija, Spain), where she obtained full marks for her dissertation on using intra-lingual dubbing. She has also attained the QTS (Qualified Teaching Status) in 2011 and completed a Degree in Legal Translation and Interpreting at the University of Granada (Spain) in 2009. She is completing a PGCHE (Postgraduate Certificate in Teaching and Learning in Higher Education), which on completion will grant her status as Fellow of the HEA. She is also co-author of the blog belonging to the Academic Journal Comunicar: http://www.comunicarjournal.wordpress.com/2015/
She has presented her research at several conferences and symposia, such as:
VII Jornadas de Subtitulación y Doblaje. Alicante (Spain), March 2017.
Frameworks for Collaboration and Multilingualism Conference. Warwick (UK), July 2016.
ELE-UK. Teaching Spanish in Higher and Adult Education. Reading (UK), June 2016.
FLECOS. Festival Internacional de la Lengua, la Cultura y el Ocio. Granada (Spain), April 2016.
I Congreso Internacional sobre Trasvases Culturales en los Medios Audiovisuales. Vitoria (Spain), October 2015.
FLAME 2015 Using Film and Media in the Language Classroom. Manchester, 2015.
BAAHE 2014 Annual Conference of the Belgian Association of Anglicists in Higher Education. Antwerp, November 2014.
V Jornada didáctica de español. Universities of Högskolan Dalarna and Oslo. Oslo, November 2014.
The 7th MMU Postgraduate Research Conference 2014 “Making an Impact with Research”. Manchester, November 2014.
ClipFlair. Innovation in Language Learning: Multimodal Approaches. Barcelona, June 2014
Alicia has the following publications and forthcoming research outputs:
Sánchez-Requena, A. (2016) Audiovisual Translation in Teaching Foreign Languages: Contributions of Revoicing to Improve Fluency and Pronunciation in Spontaneous Conversations, Portalinguarum, 26. p.9-21.
Herrero, C., Sánchez-Requena, A. & Escobar, M., (forthcoming, 2017) A three-Way Approach: Film Analysis, Audiovisual Translation and Foreign Language Teaching, InTRAlinea.
Sánchez-Requena, A. (forthcoming, 2018) Intralingual dubbing as a tool for developing speaking skills in Audiovisual Translation in Applied Linguistics: Beyond Case Studies (eds. Incalcaterra, L., Lertola, J. & Talaván, N.). The Linguist.
Sánchez-Requena, A. & Alonso-Pérez, R. (forthcoming, 2018). Teaching Foreign Languages Through Audiovisual Translation, JALLR.
You can read more about her PhD project on https://dubbinginclass.wordpress.com/
“It is such as a privilege to do my PhD with FLAME. It is an innovative project that gives me the opportunity to network with other like-minded colleagues and share different ideas. The equipment and facilities to work on the field are enriching for my experience. I highly recommend anyone interested in films and media in the language classroom to visit us and join our team” Alicia
In 2015, Rosa Alonso-Perez started her PhD research in Audiovisual translation and language learning: Enhancing students’ motivation and intercultural awareness through film subtitling projects with Dr Carmen Herrero (FLAME Director) and Dr Noa Talaván (UNED and FLAME Associate Member) as co-supervisors. In addition to studying her PhD part-time, she works full-time as a Lecturer in Spanish and ERASMUS Academic Coordinator at Sheffield Hallam University.
For two years running, Rosa has successfully managed a film-subtitling project with university students learning Spanish that culminates in a Spanish Short Film Festival designed to showcase students’ work to an international audience. The project was awarded the Pedagogic Innovation Fund from the Sheffield Business School.
Prior to her current role, Rosa has worked as Associate Lecturer in Spanish at Sheffield Hallam University and Assistant Coordinator and Spanish Tutor at the Modern Languages Teaching Centre (MLTC), University of Sheffield. She has also worked on a freelance basis as Voice-Over and Subtitling Assistant for Adelphi Translations Ltd based in Sheffield.
She completed a Postgraduate Diploma in Audiovisual Translation (AVT) at the Universidad Autonoma de Barcelona through distance learning, studying core modules Theory of AVT, Dubbing, Subtitling and Multimedia (Localisation) which broadened her interest areas and led to completion of an additional course in Videogame Localisation. She went on to complete an MA in Audiovisual Translation in 2014 before beginning her PhD in 2015.
Rosa has delivered conference papers on the following specialisms:
She is a member of the following professional bodies: