For schools
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On this page you will find links to talks I have given on visits to schools and teachers' meetings, together with other links which teachers and pupils may find of interest.
Talks
Spanish in the 21st century [pdf format]: ISMLA National Conference 5 February 2005. (This replaces the Powerpoint presentation previously available.)
Spanglish: myths and realities [pdf format]: King’s College School Wimbledon 4 October 2005 and Spanish Day at Ampleforth College 11 October 2005.
Keeping pace with the Spanish digital world: ISMLA National Conference 24 January 2009.
Spanglish: threat or promise? [pdf version of Powerpoint presentation] and references [pdf format]: Prince’s Institute, Homerton College, Cambridge, 28 June 2011.
The Changing Spanish Language [pdf version of Powerpoint presentation]: ISMLA Spanish Day at Canning House 17 November 2012.
The Genius of Spanish [pdf version of Powerpoint presentation]: Merchant Taylors’ School, 11 December 2012.
Passive Resistance [pdf version of Powerpoint presentation]: Winchester College, 2 May 2013.
El español, lengua en evolución [pdf version of Powerpoint presentation]: The Prince’s Institute, Homerton College, Cambridge, 24 June 2013 (Spanish language version of ‘The Changing Spanish Language’.)
A Rough Guide to Romance [pdf version of Powerpoint presentation]: King's College School, Wimbledon, 22 September 2015 and St Paul’ Girls’ School, Hammersmith, 23 February 2016.
So You Think You’ve Got Problems: How ‘posh’ words become ordinary [pdf version of Powerpoint presentation]: King's College School, Wimbledon, 6 February 2018 and Bexley Grammar School, 22 February 2018.
How a dead language can change a living one [pdf version of Powerpoint presentation]: King's College School, Wimbledon, 21 November 2023.
Books
1995 A Comprehensive Spanish Grammar, adapted and with additional material
by Christopher J. Pountain (English version of J. De Bruyne, Spaanse
Spraakkunst) (Oxford: Blackwell). [Link to publisher]
2003 Modern Spanish Grammar. A Practical Guide. (with Juan Kattán Ibarra), 2nd edition (London: Routledge). [Link to publisher]
2005 Using Spanish. A Guide to Contemporary Usage. (with Ronald E. Batchelor), 2nd edition (Cambridge: University Press). [Link to publisher]
2011 Practising Spanish Grammar (with Teresa de Carlos and Angela Howkins), 3rd edition (London:
Hodder). [Link to publisher]
2016 Exploring the Spanish Language. An introduction to its structures and varieties. 2nd edition. (London and New York: Routledge). [Link to publisher]
2023 El mundo hispanohablante en textos / Reading the Spanish-Speaking World (with Irene Macías Fernández). (London and New York: Routledge). [Link to publisher]
Queen Mary links
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School of Languages, Linguistics and Film admissions pages: information for applicants, parents and teachers
Department of Iberian and Latin American Studies