José-Antonio Garcia

Visiting language professor, EU International Relations and Diplomacy Studies Department
Visiting professor, Language Service (Bruges Campus)

José Antonio García Chamizo (ES) is visiting language professor for Spanish at the College of Europe. He holds an undergraduate degree in the Philology of Hispanic Languages from the University of Barcelona and a Master’s degree in teaching Spanish as a foreign language. He began his professional career in Barcelona, then taught in Italy and since 2005 is the coordinator of the Spanish department of Formation et Recherche Marie Haps in Brussels. He is also an associate professor at the Instituto Cervantes in Brussels, where he specialises in courses on Spanish culture: society, politics, literature and especially cinema. Each year, José Antonio García teaches an introductory course on the history of Spanish cinema and presents a film forum. Since 2004 he is a Spanish professor at the European Commission, where he writes programme specifications, level tests and Spanish exams. He is also active in professor training at the Instituto Cervantes. His main fields of interest and areas of specialisation are the creation and analysis of teaching materials and study of the linkages between culture and Spanish instruction.