Raúl Enrique García López

Raúl García holds a BA in English Philology and Teaching from the National University of Colombia, an MA in English Studies from Illinois State University, and is currently pursuing his Ph.D. in English and American Studies at TU Dortmund. He has worked as an Adjunct Lecturer in ELT Teacher Education programs in Colombia, an ELT project manager and consultant for various organizations in the Americas, including the British Council, Education Development Center, and the Colombian Ministry of Education.  He currently teaches at the ELT and Applied Linguistics Chair at TU Dortmund University, and coordinates the Erasmus+ project ReaLiTea.

2026

• García López, R. (2026). Identity development and research literacy in English pre-service teacher education. Journal of Education for Teaching, 1–15. https://doi.org/10.1080/02607476.2026.2666396
• Ernst, J., & García López, R. (2026). A practical theory of empathy towards shared humanity. In W. Gaudelli & R. Römhild (Eds.), Handbook on Global Citizenship Education (pp. 52–65). Edward Elgar Publishing. https://doi.org/10.4337/9781035350186.00017
• García López, R., Dieckhoff, R., & Gotling, N. (2026). Shifting roles in English teacher education. In C. Blume, G. Marci-Boehncke, & P. Ronan (Eds.), Peer-to-Peer-Konzepte in der Sprachendidaktik: Theorie und Praxis für die Hochschullehre (1st ed., pp. 259–277). transcript Verlag. https://www.transcript-verlag.de/978-3-8394-7313-9

2025

• Blume, C., Dikilitaş, K., García López, R., Hüttner, J., Kostoulas, A., Marsden, E., Ringel, C., Saricaoglu, A., Schabio, S., & Schauwecker, Y. (2025). Shaping the reality of foreign language teachers’ research literacies. Advancing CALL: New Research Agendas - EUROCALL 2025 Short Papers, 1–10. https://doi.org/10.4995/EuroCALL2025.2025.21255

2024

• The ELLeN Group (Hg.), Blume, C., Bündgens-Kosten, J., Dieckhoff, R., García López, R. E., Gotling, N., Hüttner, J., Petritsch, M., Proyer, M., Schlick, M., & van Hove, G. (2024). Expert*innen in eigener Sache. Gespräche über Englischunterricht und Neurodiversität. Lit Verlag.

2023

• Blume, C., García López, R. E., & Will, L. (in press). Leveraging collaboration: A digitally-mediated pedagogies-of-enactment approach to pre-service language teacher education. Zeitschrift für  Fremdsprachenforschung.
• García, R.E. (in press). [Review of the book Inquiry and Research Skills for Language Teachers, by Dikilitas, K. & Bostancioğlu, A.]. Journal on Efficiency and Responsibility Education and Science.

2013

• García, R. T. M. (2013). English as an International Language: A Review of the Literature. Colombian Applied Linguistics Journal, 15(1), 113. https://doi.org/10.14483/udistrital.jour.calj.2013.1.a08
• García López, R. E., & Quintero Vélez, M. J. (2013). El Fenómeno sociodiscursivo de legitimación en el   cubrimiento de las campañas de Carlos Gaviria y Álvaro Uribe durante las elecciones presidenciales del año 2006. Folios, 2(38), 61–74. https://doi.org/10.17227/01234870.38folios61.74

• García López, R. (2026). Identity-informed research pedagogy (IRP): Research methods instruction as identity work in English teacher education.  SLTED2026 - Second Language Teacher Education Conference. University of Edinburgh.   
• García López, R. (2025). Responding to difference: An Identity-informed approach to the teaching of research literacy. International Symposium on Language Teacher Identity. Padeborn University
• García López, R. (2024). What does research have to do with met? Using an identity-informed model for the development of research literacy. Teacher Researchers and Researcher Teachers: Bridging the Research-Practice Gap. University of Bozen-Bolzano.
• García López, R. (2024). An illustrative case of pre-service teacher identity and research literacy development in EFL teacher education: A complex dynamics systems perspective. ELT Research in Action (ELTRIA) Conference. Universitat de Barcelona.
• García López, R. (2024). The reality regarding foreign language teachers' research literacies: Issues and initiatives & The dynamics of research literacy and identity development in English pre-service teacher education. SLTED2024 - Second Language Teacher Education Conference. Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic.
• García López, R. E., (2022). Investigating the impact of research literacy development in EFL teachers' identity: Intervention and study design. Department of English and American Studies. SLTED2022 - Second Language Teacher Education: Challenges and New Horizons. University of Vienna.
• García López, R. E., Reyes, N.L., (2018). Transforming ELT one school at a time: The Bucaramanga experience. ASOCOPI 2018 – Exploring Social and Cultural Diversities. Cartagena.
• García López, R. E., (2018). Teaching what You don’t know: Transforming practices in teacher training. BBELT 2018 – Best of Britain and ELT in Colombia. Bogotá.
• García López, R. E., (2017). ELTPEdia: A learning community for digital literacy and professional collaboration in English teaching. International Conference ICT for Language Learning. Florencia.
• García López, R. E., (2013). Pre-service English teachers' attitudes towards English as a Lingua Franca: Issues of identity. TESOL Chile: Heading North with TEFL, Iquique, Chile.
• García López, R. E., (2013). Transforming students' minds through research: A professional responsability approach. Second Conference on Foreign Language Teaching. Ibagué, Colombia.
• García López, R. E., (2013). English as an International Language: Rethinking language teaching and learning. IX Encuentro de Universidades Formadores de Licenciados en Idiomas. Bucaramanga, Colombia.
• García López, R. E., (2011). Writing standards and second language literacy. The Colombian case. Second Language Literacy Symposiun. Normal, Illinois, USA.
• García López, R. E., (2009). Recursos online para el aprendizaje de inglés. Foro Internacional Encuentro por Una Barranquilla Bilingüe. Barranquilla, Colombia.
• García López, R. E., (2009). El desarrollo profesional docente y las nuevas tecnologías. 1er Congreso Nacional de Bilingüismo. Armenia, Colombia.
• García López, R. E., (2009). ICT-based teacher development and e-Resources for English language learning. 12va ELT Conference: Perspectives on Bilingualism. Current Views and Trends. Bogotá, Colombia.   

2026

• Kongressreisenprogramm - DAAD

2024

• Kongressreisenprogramm - DAAD

2023

• Kongressreisenprogramm - DAAD

2023

• Erasmus+: Staff Mobility for Training at University of Stavanger

2013

• Lela Winegarger Scholarship for International Students – Illinois State University

• Using Research and Evidence in the ELT Classrrom, SoSe 2023.

Past Semesters

TU Dortmund

• Using Research and Evidence in the ELT Classrrom, WiSe 2022/23.
• Digital Project Based Learning, SoSe 2022, WiSe 2021/22.

Industrial University of Santander - Colombia

• Quantitative Methods in Educational Research
• Foundations of Educational Research
• Contemporary Didactic Trends
• Assessment in ELT
• Education and Society in the Digital Era
• English Syntax

Illinois State University - USA

• Composition as Critical Inquiry

National University of Colombia - Colombia

• Advanced English