Dr. Reyes Morán

Biography

Reyes Morán is a Professor of Instruction in Northwestern’s Department of Spanish and Portuguese. Originally from Spain, Reyes studied at the Universidad de Salamanca, one of Europe’s four oldest universities, with a specialization in Spanish Philology. After completing his undergraduate studies, Reyes continued with postgraduate work at Salamanca in the field of Teaching Spanish Language, where he taught non-native Spanish students at Cursos Internacionales. In 2006, he completed his master’s degree in Hispanic Studies at the University of Illinois Chicago. Reyes believes that the best way to learn a language is by speaking, and his classes support the creation of an interactive communicative environment for students. In addition to encouraging students to take an active role in the classroom, he strives to create a comfortable setting that makes learning enjoyable. Reyes plans to pursue research in the area of Spanish language grammar, with goals to research complex linguistic grammatical phenomena and distill them into simpler forms that are easier for non-native Spanish students to learn. In the realm of Spanish literature, Reyes has a particular interest in reading late 19th century works, which he finds fascinating as they illustrate the transition of gender roles during the age of modernity.

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