Hamish Binns
Department of Modern Languages and ESL
Reinert Center Online Teaching Fellow
Education
M.A. and B.A. Human Sciences, University of Oxford
M.A. Ense帽anza de ingl茅s como lengua extranjera (TEFL), Universidad Europea
Practice Areas
- English as a Second Language.
- Coordinator of the Community ESL Program.
- Coordinator of other Outreach programs and activities related to Admissions, Education and Culture.
- Founder and ex-director of the Operaci贸n Ingl茅s and Extreme Science Experience summer camps in Villafranca de los Barros.
- Teacher Training in creative pedagogy, music, story-telling and instrument making.
- Music and instrument-making workshops for primary and secondary students.
Publications and Media Placements
Books
Binns, H. (2018) Social Science 5 Pupil's Book. Cambridge University Press*
Binns, H. (2018) Social Science 5 Activity Book. Cambridge University Press*
Millares, S. & Binns, H. (2002) Al son de los poetas. Edinumen
*These books, as part of the Cambridge Science Project, were finalists at the 2019 British Council ELTons Innovation awards.
Book Chapters
Binns, H. (2016) Music: why it affects us, how society uses it, and how this knowledge
may benefit educators. In Fonseca-Mora, C. & Gant, M. (Ed.s) Melodies, Rhythm and Cognition in Foreign Language Learning, pp.7-23. Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Journal Articles
Binns, H. (2021). Professors, stop pretending that you never cheat. Times Higher Education, June 10, 2021
Binns, H. (2006). The Hidden Powers of Music. Music for the Love of it, August 2006
Conference Proceedings
San Mart铆n, A & Binns, H. (2000) Espa帽a y Hispanoam茅rica a trav茅s de su m煤sica: un
m茅todo para aprender vocabulario en el aula de ELE. Actas de II congreso internacional de ASELE, Zaragoza
Pedagogical Workshops
2022 July 6/7 鈥� (15 hours) Teacher Training Workshop. Centro de Formaci贸n del Profesorado en Idiomas de Castilla y Le贸n, Valladolid
2022 June 鈥� (20 hours) Educaci贸n Multisensorial: cuentos, m煤sica y manualidades. Servicio de Orientaci贸n Universitaria, Facultad de Educaci贸n de la Universidad Complutense
de Madrid
2021 Nov. 10/17 鈥� (5 hours) Stories, Crafts and Music in the Primary Classroom. Centro de Formaci贸n del Profesorado en Idiomas de Castilla y Le贸n
2021 March 6/13 鈥� (6 hours) M煤sicas del mundo y 'reciclinstrumentos'. Programa de Enriquecimiento Educativo para Alumnos con Altas Capacidades de la Comunidad
de Madrid (PEAC)
2021 Feb. 鈥� (20 hours) La m煤sica, las canciones y los instrumentos como elementos fundamentales en la educaci贸n. Servicio de Orientaci贸n Universitaria, Facultad de Educaci贸n de la Universidad Complutense
de Madrid
2020 Dec. 19 鈥� (3 hours) M煤sicas del mundo y 鈥榬eciclinstrumentos鈥�. Programa de Enriquecimiento Educativo para Alumnos con Altas Capacidades de la Comunidad
de Madrid (PEAC)
2020 March-May 鈥� (20 hours) Fabricaci贸n de instrumentos para el desarrollo de la creatividad
y la cultura. Servicio de Orientaci贸n Universitaria, Facultad de Educaci贸n de la Universidad
Complutense de Madrid
2019 March (20 hours) 鈥� Fabricaci贸n de instrumentos para el desarrollo de la creatividad
y la cultura. Servicio de Orientaci贸n Universitaria, Facultad de Educaci贸n de la Universidad
Complutense de Madrid
2017 January-February 鈥� (20 hours) M煤sica y creatividad en educaci贸n transversal y
multisensorial. Servicio de Orientaci贸n Universitaria, Facultad de Educaci贸n de la
Universidad Complutense de Madrid
Website
a site, dedicated to music for education, that includes an audiovisual encyclopedia
of instruments as well as a collection of homemade instruments made from recycled
materials with instructions for teachers.
CDs
Finis Terrae Kids (2015) Seis ping眉inos. Mondegreen Records
Finis Terrae (2005) El Canto de la Mulata Rusa. Sonifolk
Hamish Binns y Finis Terrae (2002) Al son de los poetas. Sonifolk/ Edinumen
Finis Terrae (2005) Gente paseando por la calle. Sonifolk
Hamish Binns y Rafael Dom铆nguez (2001) Los cuatro puntos cardinales son tres: el norte y el sur. Sonifolk
Finis Terrae (1998) Un milonguero busca asilo en Rusia. Sonifolk