Ana María Elisa Díaz de la Garza Distance Modern Languages PhD Researcher
Hi, I'm Ana María Elisa Díaz de la Garza and I studied Distance Modern Languages PhD Researcher within Humanities Graduate School at the University of Southampton.
I am a full-time second language teacher educator based at the Tuxtla Language Faculty of the Autonomous University of Chiapas, Mexico. I obtained my BA from the Iberoamericana University (UIA), Mexico in 1981, and a Master in Education in Trainer Development (English Language Teaching) from MARJON, affiliated to the University of Exeter, United Kingdom in 2006 with the dissertation Asynchronous Discussion Forums as Life Rafts For Newly Qualified Teachers In Schools. Since 2012 I have been a full time Distance PhD student in Modern Languages at the University of Southampton. My thesis is Preservice Teacher Learning and Second Language Teacher Identity Construction in Disadvantaged Areas.