Beatriz T. Saigal

4833 Osage Avenue Philadelphia, PA 19143

(215) 747-1101

objective
Native speaker with over 30 years of teaching experience, including both university and industry, seeks a part time position as a medical interpreter/translator Spanish-English
Experience
2013 Bridging the Gap, Medical Interpreter course
Certificate of Completion Philadelphia PA
2011-2014 Saint Joseph University
Adjunct Profesor, Spanish Philadelphia, PA
2005-2012 University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA
Lecturer, Spanish language
Lecturer Medical Spanish (Intermediate/Advance) School of Medicine
Lecturer Spanish for Medical Personnel Penn’s Nurses’ Program
2003-2005 Tulane University New Orleans, LA
Adjunct Professor, Spanish
n  Taught Beginner through Advanced Level Spanish to college students.
2001-2005 University of New Orleans New Orleans, LA
§  Adjunct Professor, Spanish
n  Taught Beginner through Advanced Level Spanish to college students.
1990-2005 Pan American Life New Orleans, LA
Director, Spanish Center
n  Founded Center to teach Spanish to professionals conducting business in Latin America.
n  Developed and taught Beginner through Advanced level Spanish and English as a Second Language classes.
n  Created and published course curriculum and textbook.
Education
1967 Rosario University Rosario, Argentina
n  B.A., Spanish and English
n  ESL Certification
2005 University of New Orleans New Orleans, LA
n  M.A., Romance Languages
n  Graduated Magna Cum Laude
n  Recipient of Excellence in Linguistics Award
n  2006 University of Pennsylvania
n  Tesol workshop
2007 University of Pensylvania
§  Technical and continuing education workshops
2008 -2013 University of Saint Joseph, Philadelphia
University of Pennsylvania
§  Technical and continuing education workshops
2009
§  20 hours technical training
I Web design
Google Productivity
Photoshop
InDesign
Blogs
Excel and Data Analysis
Adobe Illustrator
2011
§  Penn Lauder Ciber
Summer Institute Workshop: Learning a Second Language for Business Communication (certificate)
2013 Technical Tools for Hybrid and Online classes
Workshop on Learning and Pedagogy
Publications/research
Textbook and CD, Conversational Spanish for Business and Home, Rayo de Sol Press, 2003
Presenter- El Lunfardo, University of Texas, Lubbock, TX
Grant- University of Pennsylvania- “Common Errors in Spanish”, 2009
Developed an original module to correct common Spanish errors at the Intermediate and Advanced levels using available technology.
Presenter – Promoting Self-Correction in Spanish through guided online activities, NEALLT/NERALLT, Yale University, 2010
Presenter- Common Errors in the Spanish Class, Penn Language Center Showcase, University of Pennsylvania, 2010
other skills
Free lance Business, Legal and Medical Translations, Interpreter work.