Curriculum Vitae
Name: Joaquín
Middle Name: César
Last Name: Plana
Birth Date: September 4th, 1975
Birthplace: Murcia, Spain
Address in Spain:
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Spain
Telephone Number in India: + 91
Telephone Number in Spain: + 34
662 037409
Email: *******@***.**
Skype ID: jcplana1
Education and Training.
Master of Arts in Philosophy and Letters ( Spanish Language and Literature
). Faculty of Arts, Murcia University, Spain. Academic years: 1993/1998. Teaching Training Certificate ( CAP ). Institute of Educational Sciences, Murcia University. Academic year: 1998/1999.
European Certificate 2005/36/CE for teaching in the UE as Secondary and Higher-Secondary Education Teacher.
Internal Student at the Spanish Language and General Linguistics Department. Spanish Language and Literature College, Murcia University, Spain. Academic year: 1996/1997.
Degree Thesis: Bakhtine y la Cultura. La picaresca como ejemplo. Supervised by Mr. José María Pozuelo Yvancos, PhD. Mark: First Class Honours. Academic year: 1999. Murcia University, Spain. First PhD studies year in Murcia University, Spanish Language and Literature College. Department: Spanish Language, General Linguistics, Spanish Literature and Literary Criticism. Program: “ Language and Literature ”. Academic years: 1999/2001.
Second PhD studies year in Salamanca University, Philology College. Thesis: Ortega y Gasset - Unamuno y Jugo. Crítica de su razón. Supervised by Mr. Ricardo Senabre, PhD. Academic year: 2001/2002. Doctoral Thesis Project: Ortega Y Unamuno. Poéticas del pensar. Philology College, Salamanca University. Supervised by Mr. Ricardo Senabre, PhD. PhD research at the Romansk Institute, Århus Universitet, Denmark. Erasmus Program. Academic year: 2000.
PhD research in libraries depending on the University College of London, England. Year: 2002.
PhD research at the Philosophy College, Santiago de Compostela University, Spain, as a student depending on Salamanca University. Year: 2002.
Spanish B Training Completion, Diploma Programme, IB Online Professional Development. Year 2020.
Jobs and Occupations.
Teaching Positions.
Spanish as a Foreign Language Teacher at J. Ray McDermott International, engineering company, Chennai branch, Tamil Nadu, India. Years: 2014/2015. Spanish as a Foreign Language Teacher at HSBC. finances company, Chennai branch, Tamil Nadu, India. Years: 2014/2015. Spanish as a Foreign Language Teacher at Maveric Systems, software testing company, Chennai branch, Tamil Nadu, India. Year: 2015. Spanish Language and Literature Teacher at Miguel de Cervantes High School, Murcia, Spain. Academic year: 1998/1999.
Spanish Teacher at Regional Multicultural Magnet School, K12, New London, New England. Connecticut, United States of America. Academic years: 2000/2001.
Computer Science Teacher at Nuestra Señora del Rosario School, Alhama de Murcia, Murcia, Spain. Academic Year: 2003/2004. Spanish Language and Literature Teacher at Europa International School, Seville, Spain. Academic years: 2004/2012.
Alternative Subject Teacher at Europa International School, Seville, Spain. Academic year: 2009/2010.
Spanish as a Foreign Language Teacher for Resident and Exchange Students at Europa International School, Seville, Spain. Academic years: 2007/2009.
Grammar Support Teacher at Europa International School, Seville, Spain. Academic year: 2007/2008.
Exchange Teacher in the Europa International School Exchange Students Program: Seville, Spain – Mobile, Alabama, United States of America. Academic year: 2007.
Literature Workshop Teacher at Europa International School, Seville, Spain. Academic years: 2009/2012.
Spanish as a Foreign Language Teacher at Instituto Hispania, Chennai branch, Tamil Nadu, India. Years: 2014/2016.
Teachers’ trainer at Instituto Hispania, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. Years: 2014/2016.
Spanish as a Foreign Language Teacher at Shri Shankarlal Sundarbai Shasun Jain College for Women, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. Academic year 2014/2015.
Spanish as a Foreign Language Teacher at Inaword Centre for Languages, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. Years: 2016/18.
DELE Exams Invigilator at Inaword Centre for Languages, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. Years: 2016/18.
Online Spanish as a Foreign Language Teacher at Inaword Centre for Languages, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. Year: 2020. Spanish Language Tutor for American International School of Chennai students, in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. Years: 2016/18. Spanish as a Foreign Language Teacher at Sri Sivasubramaniya Nadar College of Engineering, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. Academic years 2017/18 and 2018/19.
Spanish as a Foreign Language Teacher at Women s Christian College, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. Academic year 2018/19. Spanish Language Teacher – Primary School, Middle School and High School
– at Legacy School Bangalore – Cambridge and International Baccalaureate Diploma programs -, in Bangalore, Karnataka, India. Academic year: 2019/20. Online Spanish Language Teacher – Primary School, Middle School and High School – at Legacy School Bangalore – Cambridge and International Baccalaureate Diploma programs -, in Bangalore, Karnataka, India. Academic year: 2020/22.
Spanish Language Teacher for Mr. Mikhail J. Gorbatov, Head of The Russian Center of Science and Culture and Vice-Consul of Russia in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. ELE Programme. Years: 2014/18.
Spanish Language Teacher for Mr. Mark Van De Vreken, General Consul of Belgium in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. ELE Programme. Years: 2020/21. Spanish Language Teacher for Mr. K. Mathew Paul, Director of Infrastructure and Transport at Sener India Engineering and Systems in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. Year: 2015.
Spanish Language Teacher for Mr. Harish Kasula, General Manager at The Raj, traditional indian restaurant. Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. Year: 2015. Twenty four years of experience as private tuition teacher – Spanish Language and Literature and English Language subjects –, in Murcia and Salamanca.
( Spain ), Åarhus ( Denmark ), London ( England ) Edinburgh,
( Scotland ), Chennai and Bangalore ( India ). Years: 1998/2022. Interpretation and
Translation.
Interpreter Spanish/English for the Narcotics Control Bureau, Chennai branch, Tamil Nadu, India. Year: 2015.
Interpreter Spanish/English at the Madras Court, in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. Year: 2015.
Interpreter Spanish/English at Royal Enfield, motorcycle company, Chennai branch, Tamil Nadu, India. Years: 2015/2016.
Interpreter Spanish/English at Ashok Leyland, indian automobile manufacturing company, for Ashok Leyland representatives and Mr. Reymi Ferreira Justiniano, Minister of Defence of Bolivia, and Col. Felipe Eduardo Vásquez Moya, General Manager of COFEDENA, bolivian military enterprise. Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. Year: 2016.
Interpreter and Translator Spanish/English at The Madras Pharma, indian pharmaceutical manufacturing company, for The Madras Pharma representatives and Dr. Mrs. Kelly Garbajal Ulloa and Dr. Mr. Émerson León Paucca, representatives of Digemid, Ministry of Health of Peru. Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. Year: 2016.
Interpreter and Translator Spanish/English at Softgel, indian pharmaceutical manufacturing company, for Softgel representatives and Dr. Mrs. Aura Amelia Castro Balarezo and Dr. Mr. Juan José Villegas Campos, representatives of Digemid, Ministry of Health of Peru. Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. Year: 2016. Translator Spanish/English at Instituto Hispania, Chennai branch, Tamil Nadu, India. Years: 2014/2016.
Organization and Development Positions and Tasks.
Secondary General Tutor at Europa International School, Seville, Spain. Academic years: 2005/2007.
Member of the Management Board at Europa International School, Seville, Spain. Academic years: 2005/2012.
Instituto Hispánico Representative in India – academy of languages, Murcia, Spain –. Years: 2016/17.
Spanish Language Coordinator at Instituto Hispania, Chennai branch, Tamil Nadu, India. Years: 2015/2016.
Writer, Composer and Editor of School Books at Europa International School, Seville, Spain:
Club de Teatro – Classic Plays’ Club –. Initiation to classic plays for 7th and 8th Graders.
Tusitala. First part of a Initiation Project dedicated to introduce 7th and 8th graders to classic literature. Alejandría. Second part of a Initiation Project
dedicated to introduce 9th and 10th graders to classic literature.
Spa. Spanish Language and Literature written
exercises for 7th and 8th graders.
Writer and Composer of test questions and texts for the Interactive Computer Service QUAESTIO at Europa International School, Seville, Spain: Syntagma. Over 3200 test questions on Simple and
Complex Grammar for Primary and Secondary
students.
Logos. Over 200 test questions on Vocabulary for
Primary and Secondary students.
Dulcinea. Over 800 spelling texts for Primary and
Secondary students.
Writer and Composer of the Literature Workshop subject content, at Europa International School, Seville, Spain.
Writer and Composer of the Grammar Support subject content, at Europa International School, Seville, Spain.
Writer at Penélope magazine, at Europa International School, Seville, Spain. Organizer and Teacher of the extracurricular course Club Tusitala, dedicated to introduce 5th, 6th, 7th and 8th graders to classic literature, at Europa International School, Seville, Spain.
Languages.
Bilingual: Spanish/English.
Translator – English/Spanish – of texts by George C. de Lantenac, in the book George C. de Lantenac, published under a pseudonym. Three years of Romance Languages studies – Catalonian and Galician Languages – at Murcia University, Murcia, Spain. Years: 1995/1998. Knowledge of French, Italian and Portuguese.
Publications.
George C. de Lantenac, published under a pseudonym. Trastamara Publishing House, Seville, Spain, 2009.
Ejercicios de Sintaxis - Quinto y Sexto de Primaria. E-book, Bubok Bookshop, 2013.
Ejercicios de Sintaxis - Primero y Segundo de Secundaria. E-book, Bubok Bookshop, 2013.
Ejercicios de apoyo de Lengua Española y Literatura - Primero y Segundo de Secundaria. E-book, Bubok Bookshop, 2013.
Ejercicios de Sintaxis - Desde Tercero de ESO hasta Bachillerato. E- book, Bubok Bookshop, 2013.
El fantasma que te observa mientras duermes. E-book, Bubok Bookshop, 2014.
Other Skills and Information.
Catechism Teacher at Parroquia Santísimo Cristo de las Misericordias, in Los Garres, Murcia, Spain. Years: 1993/1995.
Proofreader and spellchecker for Mr. Francisco de Vicente, Spanish Language and Literature Teacher at Murcia University, Murcia, Spain, Academic year: 1995/1996.
Twenty two years of experience with PCs and Apple Macintosh in all AppleWorks and Microsoft Office applications since 1998. Graphic designer for web pages – Dreamweaver software – since 2000. Librarian at Infante Don Juan Manuel Library in Murcia, Spain. Years: 1999/2000.
Volunteer worker in Non-Governmental Organizations – Intermón Oxfam and Manos Unidas –, in Murcia, Spain. Year: 2003.
Tenor singer at the Brahms Choir, at Europa International School, Seville, Spain. Academic years: 2004/2012.
Honorard member of the American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese.