Raul G. Rodriguez Fontes

Current Title & Duties

Raul Guillermo Rodriguez Fontes
ESOL Coordinator, Faculty - ESOL Program
Miami Campus

As a full-time Faculty member, Prof. Raul coordinates the Albizu University ESOL courses and teaches the English for Health Professional Intermediate and Advanced courses. He also serves as Adjunct professor for the English for Health Professionals Low courses.

Biography

Professor Raul utilizes a communicative approach in his classes, which allows him to keep constant oral communication with his students. This is approach is very important and applicable to the medical practice. This orientation stems from experience and training received in the Institute of Applied Linguistics (IALS) at the University of Edinburgh, Scotland. He also integrates the Theory of Communication and applies it to the medical practice.

Research / Research Interests

Methodology of Language Teaching & Teaching English for Medical Purposes.

Academics, Education, Certifications

A 1980 graduate of Rafael Maria de Mendive Pedagogical Institute, Pinar del Rio, Cuba, he holds a Bachelor of Science in Teaching English as Second Language. He earned his Master of Science in Medical Education in 2004 at the National School of Public Health in Havana, Cuba.

In 1990, 1991, and 1992, Prof. Raul did Levels I (Distance Learning Course) and II (Advanced Studies for Teachers of English – ASTE) of his specialty. These two courses helped him do Level III: two postgraduate courses at the Institute of Applied Linguistics at the University of Edinburgh, Scotland. The courses he took were Teaching English Communicatively, taught by PhD Gibson Ferguson and Teaching English for Medical Purposes taught by PhD Joan McClain.

Recent Publications

11.   Rivera-Rivera, N., Pérez-Pedrogo, C., Calaf, M., & Sánchez-Cardona, I. (2021). Translation, Cultural Adaptation and Psychometric Properties of the Spanish Version of the Combat Exposure Scale (CES-S) with U.S. Military Spanish Speaking Latino Veterans living in the Caribbean: A Cross-Sectional Preliminary Data Study. Psychological Trauma: Research, Practice, and Policy. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1037/tra0001099