Yolanda Joy Calvo Benzies obtained a BA in English Language and Literature at the University of Santiago de Compostela in 2008. A year later she was admitted to the PhD Programme Current Trends in English Studies and its Applications, also at the University of Santiago. She is interested in language teaching, particularly in the teaching of pronunciation and speaking. Yolanda obtained a research grant from the Xunta de Galicia (November 2011) which will allow her to work on her doctoral dissertation on the difficulties that Galician students (learning English) have concerning English pronunciation under the supervision of Dr. Ignacio Palacios Martínez.

Contact information:

Departamento de Filoloxía Inglesa

Facultade de Filoloxía

Universidade de Santiago de Compostela

Avda. de Castelao, s/n

15782 Santiago de Compostela , SPAIN

E-mail: yolyjcb@hotmail.com