Dr. Juan Pino-Silva obtained his PhD in Linguistics from Indiana University, a M.A. in Spanish, a M.A. in Linguistics. He also has two undergraduate English as a Foreign Language Teaching degrees from Universidad de Santiago (Chile) and Universidad Pedagógica Libertador (Venezuela). He is an English-Spanish Translator and Interpreter. He has published in Reading Matrix, Foreign Language Annals, and System.

Research Interests:

• Spanish Online Extensive Reading via Canvas
• The Spanish and Bilingual Cloze Test via Canvas
• L2 Writing for Spanish Heritage Speakers
• Travelling with Google Earth: The Spanish Correspondents in Spanish Speaking countries

Courses

• SPAN 1

Publications

• Pino-Silva, J. (2006). Extensive reading through the internet: Is it worth the while? The Reading Matrix. Vol. 6, No. 1, pp. 85 – 96. Available at http://www.readingmatrix.com.

• Pino-Silva, J. (2007) The video-based short comment writing task. Foreign Language Annals. Vol. 40, No. 2, pp. 320 – 329. 
  
  
• Pino-Silva, J. (2008). Student perceptions of computerized tests. ELT Journal. Vol. 62, No. 2, pp. 148 – 156. 
  
  
• Pino-Silva, J. (2009). Extensive reading through the internet: Is it worth the while? International Journal of English Studies, Vol. 9, No. 2, pp. 81-96.
  
  
• Pino-Silva, J. and C.A. Mayora (2010). English Teachers' Moderating and Participating in OCPs. System: An International Journal of Educational Technology and Applied Linguistics, Vol. 38, No. 2, pp. 262-271.