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Cynthia Lucy Stephens
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Qualifications:
BA(Hons) University of Newcastle upon Tyne. First Class Honours. B.A. Hons. in Combined Studies (English and Spanish). (1978)
University of Newcastle upon Tyne
MLitt(Cantab) University of Cambridge, New Hall. M.Litt. degree. Thesis on the work of the Argentinian writer, Jorge Luis Borges. (1985)
New Hall, University of Cambridge
MCIL Member of the Institute of Linguists. (2006) Institute of Linguists, Spanish Diploma (ELIC). (2000)
MBCS Member of the British Computer Society. (2004)
Cambridge CELTA (Certificate in English Language Teaching to Adults). International House Barcelona. (2004)
HNC Anglia Polytechnic, Cambridge. HNC Software Engineering. Two distinctions. (1991)
Career History:
Cynthia was born in Edinburgh in 1953 and passed her childhood in Scotland before moving to England where she spent many years.
After being awarded a degree in Spanish and English by the University of Newcastle upon Tyne, she went to Toledo to teach English. She was living there in 1978 when the constitution was approved and Spain was returned to democracy.
She then returned to Britain to study for a postgraduate degree at Cambridge University. She was awarded an M.Litt. degree for a thesis on the work of the Argentinian writer, Jorge Luis Borges. She looked at his work in particular in relation to various English authors that had influenced him. This thesis lead to the later publication of four academic articles, two reviews and one interview for the BBC World Service. One of these articles, entitled 'Borges, De Quincey and the Interpretation of Words', is currently being recommended by Oxford University. Three of the articles are recommended by the University of Leipzig. She was recently cited in the Modern Language Review as an authority on the influence of Sir Thomas Browne on Borges. (Anyone interested in the details can follow this link to all the articles.)
Many years later she wrote the text for a book about the South American photography of Marko Modic.
In the 1980's she discovered computers. She wrote the STANCALL software for students studying Spanish at St. Andrews University and it proved popular with several generations of students. STANCALL This software was also used with "¡Qué Bien! An Intensive Course in Spanish for Beginners" (by Jones and Macklin). STANCALL
Cynthia also has worked in Computer Aided Learning or Software Development in the medical context at a number of British universities - Liverpool, Cambridge and UCLH.
Between 1998 and 2001 she worked with the databases of the European Group for Blood and Marrow Transplantation (EBMT) which has teams in hospitals throughout Spain and the rest of Europe.
Between 2001 and 2004 she was a Learning Technology Consultant at the University of Hertfordshire, where she worked with the internet based Managed Learning Environment (MLE).
At the end of 2004 she went to Barcelona where she received the Cambridge CELTA (Certificate in English Language Teaching for Adults) from International House.
In 2005 she returned, after many years away, to live in her native Scotland, near Edinburgh, where she was born.
Contact details:
Phone: +44(0)1368864354
Mobile: +44(0)7876177989
Email:cynthia@itisenglish.com
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