Curriculum Vitae
Nicolás Arellano
I. Personal Information
Full name: Nicolás Alejandro Arellano
Email: [email protected] / [email protected]
II. Academic background
A. Formal education
1. Degrees
2011-2017: Degree in Letras (Linguistics, Literature and Classical Languages). Facultad de
Filosofía y Letras, Universidad de Buenos Aires. 8,60 (86/100).
2. Languages 2.a. Italian Intermediate level. 2.b. English
Advanced level. First Certificate (FCE), University of Cambridge. 2011.
B. Teaching and institutional responsibility
3. Teaching
3.a.
University
teachingInstitution: Oberlin College (Oberlin, OH)
Subject: [HISP 304] - Advanced Grammar & Composition
Period: 08/28/2017 - 12/15/2017
Position: Teaching assistant.
Tasks: Lesson planning and activity designing. Collaboration with the professor in charge of the
subject. Teaching support-group lessons on various topics.
Institution: Oberlin College (Oberlin, OH)
Subject: [HISP 441] - The Spanish Revolution: 80 Years Later
Period: 08/28/2017 - 12/15/2017
Position: Teaching assistant.
Tasks: Guidance and edition of academic Spanish texts written by undergraduate students.
Institution: Oberlin College (Oberlin, OH)
Subject: [HISP 366] - Love & Death: Jewish Literature
Period: 08/28/2017 - 12/15/2017
Position: Teaching assistant.
Tasks: Class participation in Latin American and Jewish literature. Guidance and edition of
English-Spanish translations made by undergraduate students.
3.b.
Elementary
teachingInstitution: Eastwood Elementary School (Oberlin, OH)
Subject: Spanish (SITES [Spanish In The Elementary Schools])
Period: 09/12/2017 - 12/15/2017
Position: Instructor.
Tasks: Lesson planning and activity designing. Class-teaching with a co-teacher.
3.c.
Teaching
in
the
private
sectorInstitution: Vamos! Spanish Academy (CABA, Argentina)
Period: 12/01/2012 - 10/31/2014
Position: Foreign Language Spanish Teacher
Tasks: Lesson planning and activity designing. Class-teaching for the elementary, intermediate,
advanced and superior level. Private and group lessons.
C. Research 4. Research 4.a.
ScholarshipsScholarship: Estímulo (Introductory Research)
Title: Estudio de construcciones verbales con el clítico pronominal la como resultado de
innovaciones en el español ( Study on verbal constructions with the pronominal clitic ‘la’ as a
result
of
innovation
in
Spanish
)Granting Institution: Universidad de Buenos Aires (UBA)
Period: 09/01/2016 - 08/31/2017
4.b.
Participation
in
research
projectsTitle and director: 20020130100303BA “Aspectos teórico-descriptivos y aplicados de la
comunicación especializada: medicina y lingüística” (Theoretical, Descriptive and Applied
Aspects on Specialized Communication: Linguistics and Medicine)
, run by Ph.D. Guiomar Ciapuscio. Student.
Granting Institution: Instituto de Filología y Literaturas Hispánicas “Dr. Amado Alonso”. Facultad
de Filosofía y Letras, Universidad de Buenos Aires.
Period: 2014-2017
Title and director: Proyecto de Reconocimiento Institucional de Graduados (PRIG) “La
arquitectura de la Facultad del Lenguaje: relación entre el Sistema Computacional y los otros
componentes de la Gramática” (The Architecture of the Language Faculty: Connections Between
the Computational System and the Other Grammar Components)
, run by B.A. Romina Verónica Trebisacce.Role: Participant.
Granting Institution: Facultad de Filosofía y Letras, Universidad de Buenos Aires.
Period: 2016-2018.
4.c.
Appointment
projectsSubject: Teoría Léxica (Lexical
Theory)
(Ciapuscio), Facultad de Filosofía y Letras, UBA.Project title: “Verbos con clíticos de acusativo singular femenino obligatorio” (Verbs with
mandatory
singular
accusative
feminine
clitics)Director: Ph.D. Verónica Nercesian
Period: 2015-2017.
Status: Finished. Extension requested.
Subject: Gramática “B” (Grammar)
(Giammatteo), Facultad de Filosofía y Letras, UBA.Título del proyecto: “Estudio de construcciones innovadoras con pretérito imperfecto: un aporte
a los usos dislocados temporales” ( Study on Innovative Constructions with ‘Pretérito Imperfecto’:
A
Contribution
to
Temporal
Dislocations)Director: Ph.D. Laura Ferrari
Period: 2016-2018.
Status: In process.
5. Participation in academic meetings and events
5.a.
As
a
speakerPresentation title: “Entre la morfología y la sintaxis: creación de verbos con el pronombre
acusativo la
” (Between
Morphology
and
Syntax:
Verb
Formation
Using
Accusative
Pronoun
‘La’)Congress: III Jornadas de Jóvenes Lingüistas.
Organizing Institution: Instituto de Lingüística, Facultad de Filosofía y Letras, Universidad de
Buenos Aires.
Date and place: July, 26/28 2017. CABA, Argentina.
Congress: III Jornadas Patagónicas de Lingüística Formal
Organizing Institution: Masters in Linguistics, Facultad de Lenguas, Universidad del Comahue.
Date and place: April, 27/29 2017, General Roca, Argentina.
6. Another academic background
6.a.
Seminars
and
additional
course
with
final
grade● 2017: ITAL 203: “Italiano Intermedio Accellerato”, taught by Prof. Ivana di Siena. Oberlin
College, OH. 50 hours. Grade: pending.
● 2017: EDUA 301: “Language Pedagogy: The Theory & Practice of Teaching and Learning
Languages”, taught by Prof. Kim Faber. Oberlin College, OH. 50 hours. Grade: pending.
● 2016-2018: “Programa de capacitación en enseñanza de español como lengua segunda y
extranjera” (Pedagogy Training Program in Spanish as a Second and Foreign Language)
,taught by a variety of language professionals and directed by Ph.D Gabriela Lapalma.
Laboratorio de Idiomas, Facultad de Filosofía y Letras, Universidad de Buenos Aires. 250
hours. Grade: pending.
● 2016: “Curso de acreditación de calificadores SIELE: prueba de expresión e interacción
orales y de expresión e interacción escritas” (Certification Course on SIELE: Written and
Oral Expression and Interaction Tests)
. Instituto Cervantes, through Universidad deSalamanca. 40 hours. Grade: passed.
● 2015: “Gramaticalización”, taught by Ph.D Christian Lehmann (University of Erfurt).
Secretaría de Posgrado, Facultad de Filosofía y Letras, Universidad de Buenos Aires. 16
hourse. Grade: (90/100).
6.b.
Seminars
and
courses
without
final
grade● 2017: “Introducción a la escritura de textos académicos en LaTeX para lingüistas”, taught
by B.A. Fernando Carranza. III Jornadas de Jóvenes Lingüistas. 07/26/2017. 4 hours.
● 2017: “Escribir para publicar en lingüística”, taught by Ph.D Federico Navarro. III Jornadas
de Jóvenes Lingüistas. 07/26/2017. 4 hours.
● 2017: “La naturaleza distribuida del desplazamiento sintáctico”, taught by Ph.D Carlos
Muñoz Pérez. Instituto de Filología y Literaturas Hispánicas “Dr. Amado Alonso”, Facultad
de Filosofía y Letras, Universidad de Buenos Aires. 06/06/2017 - 06/28/2017.. 8 hours.
Secretaría de Investigación, Facultad de Filosofía y Letras, Universidad de Buenos Aires.
06/06/2017 - 07/07/2017. 24 hours.
● 2017: “The Landscape of Middle Constructions”, taught by Marika Lekakou, II Escuela de
Lingüística de Buenos Aires. Departamento de Letras, Universidad de Buenos Aires.
February, 15-19 2017. 7.5 hours.
● 2017: “Procesamiento de lenguaje: introducción a los modelos y metodologías de la
investigación en psico y neurolingüística”, taught by Ph.D Gabriela Mariel Zunino
(UBA/Conicet). III Jornadas Patagónicas de Lingüística Formal. 4 hours.
6.c.
Participation
in
study
groups2016-2017: Participant and speaker of the study group “Grupo de Lectura de Lingüística”, focused
on Linguistics from a theoretical perspective. Instituto de Lingüística de la Facultad de Filosofía y
Letras, Universidad de Buenos Aires. The following papers and dissertation were prepared and
shared by me:
- On the Uninterpretability of Interpretable Features (Zeijlstra, 2014)
- Case and Licensing (Marantz, 1991)
- Understanding Minimalism (Hornstein, Nunes & Grohmann, 2004)
- An Introduction to the Syntax and Semantics of Pseudo Incorporation (Borik & Gherke, 2011)
