Carmen Del Castillo-Zerbe

Language Acquisition, Spanish for Healthcare Professionals, Spanish for businesses, Instructional Technology, Online and Virtual Instruction, Culture. I am a VoiceThread fan.

Juris Doctorate from Universidad San Martín de Porras, Lima, Perú
Master of Education in Spanish from Millersville University, PA

Fundamentals of Spanish I and II (In-Person and Online classes)

A native of Lima, Peru, Del Castillo-Zerbe has taught Spanish for 16 years at a number of area institutions. She has also worked with local businesses and nonprofits to improve Spanish communication skills.

Del Castillo-Zerbe presented a paper at the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Language conference (2016) in San Diego, California. The paper focused on an innovative foreign language teaching strategy called In-Class Interviews, a teaching method that fosters communication, both oral and written, and promotes collaboration among students.

Del Castillo-Zerbe has lived in Mumbai, India, and Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria, for a complete semester in each location. While in Blagoevgrad, she was a guest speaker at the South West University “Neofit Rilski,” where she presented a lecture entitled  “La historia culinaria del Perú, una influencia de culturas.” 

Raíces. Una aproximación comunicativa intercultural a la lengua española (Volume I) is embedded with online Active Learning exercises. This textbook is published by Cognella Publishing, San Diego, California.