David Hervás 
Spanish Instructor and Coordinator of the Spanish Language Program
Office: HL 318
Phone: 903-886-5271
E-mail: david_hervas@tamu-commerce.edu
I was born in Madrid, Spain. I obtained my B.A. degree in English Studies in 1995 and my M.A. in Foreign Language Education in 1997 at Universidad de Alcalá, in my hometown Alcalá de Henares. Later on I changed fields but kept my interest in languages. In 2004, I obtained a M.A. in Teaching Spanish as a Second Language from the Universidad Antonio de Nebrija, in Madrid, Spain. Currently I am an ABD working to obtain my Ph.D. in Linguistics and Second Language Acquisition from Tulane University in New Orleans, Louisiana. My dissertation explores the implicit and explicit approach in the acquisition of vocabulary in the instruction of Spanish as a foreign language.
I came to Texas A&M University-Commerce in Spring 08. Ever since, I have taught all the Spanish language program courses, for which I became the Coordinator in the academic year 2009/10. Under my supervision, the program has been reinforced in the oral production area in the beginning and intermediate courses; and reading and response to original literary works in the intermediate-advanced courses. Other than those, I have taught intermediate courses ranging from introduction to literature in Spanish, Spanish for heritage speakers, history and development of Spanish language, and Spanish linguistics. My research interests include the implicit enhanced input of vocabulary and context reading in the teaching of Spanish as a foreign language. My personal interests also include volunteering for KETR, the public radio station service of Tamu-Commerce hosting a weekly show on Latin jazz.
