Spanish & Portuguese

Saint Louis University 2007-2015
Assistant/ Associate Professor of Spanish

Director of Basic Language Program, Spanish 2007 – 2009

Director of Spanish Graduate Program 2010 – 2013

Publicaciones en español

Román Cortez, N. A., McBride, K., & Ruíz-Esparza Barajas, E. (Eds.). (2018). Let’s teach! A practical guide for language teachers (Published in Spanish with the title A enseñar: Una guía práctica para los maestros de idiomas). Pearson Educación de México.

McBride, K. (2018). Listening comprehension in the learning of a second language (Published in Spanish with the title ‘La comprensión auditiva en el aprendizaje de las segundas lenguas’). A enseñar: Una guía práctica para los maestros de idiomas.

McBride, K. (2012). Mashup videos for teaching pronunciation and culture (Published in Spanish with the title ‘Vídeos mashup para enseñar pronunciación y cultura’). Hispania, 95(2), 316-332.

McBride, K. (2009). Students’ perceptions of methods of teaching English as a foreign language (Published in Spanish with the title ‘La percepción de estudiantes de métodos de enseñanza de inglés como lengua extranjera’). Universum, 24(2), 94-112.

Publications about español

McBride, K. (2015). Which features of Spanish learners’ pronunciation most impact listener evaluations? Hispania, 98(1), 14-30.

McBride, K. (2012). Mashup videos for teaching pronunciation and culture (Published in Spanish with the title ‘Vídeos mashup para enseñar pronunciación y cultura’). Hispania, 95(2), 316-332.

Publications related to Brazilian culture
Translation editor of Capoeira, N. (2011). Capoeira: Roots of the dance-fight-game. Penguin.

McBride, K. (1998). No caso a outra: A look at the role of the male narrator in Clarice Lispector’s A hora da estrela. In J. Beer, P. Hart & A. J. Tamburri (Eds.), Romance languages annual 1997 (pp. 608-611). West Lafayette, IN: Purdue Research Foundation.