MARIA ASUNCION LAGUNA ALVAREZ

Maria Asuncion Laguna Alvarez serves as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Philology at the Faculty of Humanities and Communication, University of Burgos, specializing in Spanish Language research and instruction.

Education

• Doctorate in Spanish Language, University of Burgos (2017). Dissertation: "Voces de la vida cotidiana en protocolos notariales de Burgos (siglo XVIII)" (Voices of everyday life in Burgos notarial protocols, 18th century), supervised by Dr. Hermógenes Perdiguero Villarreal.

Research Focus

Her scholarly work centers on historical language evolution through archival analysis, particularly examining sociolinguistic patterns in 18th-century Spanish legal documents. This foundation informs contemporary approaches to teaching Spanish as a foreign language.

• Spanish Language
• Spanish as a Foreign Language
• Historical Linguistics
• Sociolinguistics
• Language Pedagogy
• Documentary Linguistics

Research Affiliation

Active member of INFORELE (Research and Training Group in Spanish as a Foreign Language), focusing on developing pedagogical methodologies for Spanish language instruction.