Julio Vitelio Ruiz Hernández(1928-2019)

Qualifications:
  • -Primary Education Teacher graduated from Santiago de Cuba Teacher Training School, 1947
  • -PhD in Pedagogy, University of Havana, 1952
  • -Researcher in Linguistics, OFINES, Madrid, 1971
  • -PhD in Philosophy, Charles University, Prague, 1977
  • -Doctor in Philological Sciences, Charles University, Prague, 1979
  • -Full Member of the Academy of Sciences of Cuba, Havana, 1998-2002
  • -Emeritus Member of the Academy of Sciences of Cuba, Havana, 2002
  • -1947-1959 Primary School Teacher and Principal.
  • -1960-1963 Teacher of Spanish Didactics at the Santiago de Cuba Teacher Training College.
  • -1963-1970 Teacher of Spanish Language at the Senior High School for Workers and Farmers.
  • -1971-1996 Founder and Director of the Centre for Applied Linguistics of Santiago de Cuba. Senior Researcher.
  • -Honorary Director of Santiago de Cuba Centre for Applied Linguisticssince 1996. Currently working as a Senior Researcher.
Post-graduate Courses Taught:
  • -Theoretical-Practical Articulatory Phonetics (to professors of pedagogical schools) 1972-1974
  • -General Linguistics. Given to Senior High School teachers. Institute for Postgraduate Courses (National ISE, Spanish acronym). Havana, 1974.
  • -Seminar for First Grade teachers and Spanish guides with a view to the application of new linguistic contents of the 1st book of Reading. National ISE. Havana, November 1974.
  • -Seminar for First Grade teachers and Spanish guides for the application of the 1st book of Reading. Provincial ISE. Santiago de Cuba, December 1974.
  • -National Course for radio and television announcers and actors. Santiago de Cuba. (1975-1976)
  • -National Seminar for radio and television announcers (intensive course). Havana, 1976.
  • -National Seminar (intensive course) for Linguistics professors of former Primary Education Teacher Training Schools (EFMP, Spanish acronym), which included the assignment of the research work: Problems with the use of verbal forms in Cuba’s common speech(Morpho-syntactic level). Havana, 1976
  • -Course on General Linguistics and Phonetics for radio and television announcers. Santiago de Cuba, 1977.
  • -Intensive course for radio and television announcers. Santiago de Cuba, 1979.
  • -Course on Articulatory Phonetics and Acoustics. Given to professors and researchers. Academy of Sciences of Cuba (ACC, Spanish acronym) – Cuban Radio and Television Institute (ICRT, Spanish acronym). Havana, 1980.
  • -Course-Workshop on Phonetics and Phonology. Given to professors and researchers of the Ministry of Education (MINED, Spanish acronym). (1982-1983)
  • -Course-Workshop on Acoustic Phonetics. Given to professors and researchers of MINED. (1984-1985)
  • -Workshops on Applied Linguistics. Given to professors of MINED. (1986-1991)
  • -Study of the articulatory characteristics of the Spanish phonic segments, 1984.
  • -General linguistics and Articulatory Phonetics for professors of the Schools for Day-Care Centre Educators (EFECI, Spanish acronym) and professors of the Preparatory School of the University of Oriente,1985.
  • -Acoustic study of consonant segments, 1985.
  • -General Aspects of Acoustic Phonetics (for professors, researchers and announcers of Havana), 1986.
  • -Theoretical-Practical Course on Articulatory Phonetics (for Pedagogical Institutes and MINED professors), 1987.
  • -General Concepts of Phonetics. Application to articulatory disorders of general education students, 1988.
  • -Spanish Course for University of Manchester students, England (1998, 1999 and 2000)
  • -International Workshop on the implementation of the methodology of the Vacuna VAL-CUBA (primary level). Cabudare, Municipality of Palavecino, Lara State, Republic of Venezuela, 1999.
  • -Dissertation as a Full Member of the Academy of Sciences of Cuba: A proposal to contribute to the increase of the Spanish language culture in Cuba. Havana, June 18th, 1999.
Completed Research Works:
  • -CubanPrimary SchoolStudents’ Spelling. The Individual Spelling Profile (1964).
  • -Spelling Problems Shown by Students at the Ramón Lopez Peña Senior High School for Workers and Farmers. University of Oriente (1965).
  • -Synchronic Study of Santiago de Cuba’s Speech (Phonetic-phonological level) OFINES, Madrid (1971).
  • -Most Typical Consonantal Realizations in Cuban Common Speech (1973-1974).
  • -Phonetics Laboratories aimed at Correcting Cultural Dyslalias (1975).
  • -Study of Cuban Students’ Active Vocabulary (1977).
  • -Cacographic Inventory of Cuban Students (1977).
  • Characteristics of Consonantism in Cuba, Especially in Announcers’ Speech (Doctoral Thesis on Philological Sciences, Prague) (1979).
  • -Phonetic and Phonologic Study of the Spanish Spoken by Representative Groups of the Cuban Young Generation. (Including an Acoustic Analysis) (1983).
  • -Study of Tonic and Protonic Vocalism of the Spanish Spoken by Representative Groups of the Cuban Young Generation. (Including an Acoustic Analysis) (1985).
  • -Large-scale Plan for the Improvement of General Education Students’ Oral Expression. Santiago de Cuba Municipality (1990).
  • -Vacuna VAL-CUBA. A Methodology to Eradicate Spelling Mistakes. (Primary School Level). 1995.
  • -Cuban Students’ Active-Functional Vocabulary, 1997.
  • -Vacuna VAL-CUBA. A Methodology to Eradicate Spelling Mistakes. (Secondary School Level). 1999.
Publications:
  • -La enseñanza de la ortografía en Cuba.(A Monograph). Pueblo y Educación Publishers. Havana, 1965.
  • -Ortografía Teórico Práctica. Primer Curso (In cooperation with Eloína Miyares) University of Oriente. 1966.
  • -Curso de Fonética y Fonología (I and II) para profesores de Español de las escuelas de Maestros de Cuba.Light Printing. Santiago de Cuba. 1973-74.
  • -Principios lingüísticos aplicados a la enseñanza de la Lectura.(In cooperation with Eloína Miyares). National ISE Publishers. Havana, 1974.
  • -Ortografía Teórico Práctica (with a linguistic introduction) Pueblo y Educación Publishers. Havana, 1975. (In cooperation with Eloína Miyares).
  • -National Course on Applied Linguistics for radio and television announcers and actors. ICRT Santiago de Cuba, 1975. (In cooperation with Eloína Miyares).
  • -Estudio sincrónico del habla de Santiago de Cuba(Phonetic-phonological level). Oriente Publishers. Santiago de Cuba, 1977.
  • -Las asimilaciones en contacto en Cuba. Características, en Frendsprachen. No. 4/78. Leipzig. GDR, 1978.
  • -Nekolik zkušenosti z oblasti jazykové korekce, en Cizí Jazyky ve škole. XXII, No. 1. Prague, 1978-1979.
  • -Fotografía de los sonidos del habla, Bohemia magazine. Panorama of Science. Year 71, No. 23, June 8, 1979.
  • - Los Laboratorios de Fonética en función de la corrección de las dislalias culturales, Yearbook L/L, No. 7/8. Literature and Linguistics Institute. Academy of Sciences of Cuba, Havana, 1979.
  • -El consonantismo en Cuba. Los laboratorios de fonética para la corrección del habla. (In cooperation), Ciencias Sociales Publishers, Havana 1984.
  • -Metodología para el tratamiento de problemas articulatorios (Primary School Level). ENPES Publishers. Santiago de Cuba, 1987 (In cooperation with Eloína Miyares).
  • -Metodología para el tratamiento de problemas articulatorios (Secondary School Level). ENPES Publishers. Santiago de Cuba, 1988 (In cooperation with Eloína Miyares).
  • -Algunas consideraciones sobre la lingüística aplicada en Cuba, in Yearbook L/L, No. 16, 1985 pp. 365-372. (In cooperation with Eloína Miyares).
  • -Análisis acústico del vocabulario tónico (por sexos) de la joven generación cubana, in Yearbook L/L, No. 17, 1986 pp. 113-122.
  • -Vacuna VAL-CUBA. Metodología para evitar y erradicar las faltas de ortografía.(In cooperation with Eloína Miyares). Santiago de Cuba. Applied Linguistics Editions, 1995, pp. 71.
  • -Vacuna VAL-CUBA. Metodología para evitar y erradicar las faltas de ortografía.(In cooperation with Eloína Miyares). Havana. Academia Publishers, 1995, pp. 71.
  • -Diccionario Escolar Ilustrado; (Illustrated School Dictionary) (coauthor) important scientific-pedagogic work, the first one of its kind carried out in the country as a product of research. (Co-edited by Oriente Publishers of Santiago de Cuba and Ediciones Libertarias of Madrid, Spain), 1988.
  • -Vacuna VAL-CUBA. Metodología para evitar y erradicar las faltas de ortografía.(In cooperation with Eloína Miyares). Havana. Academia Publishers, second edition, 1999, pp. 171.
  • -Resultados de algunas investigaciones en Lingüística Aplicada en Cuba en Contribuciones a la Lingüística Aplicada en América Latina (in cooperation with Eloína Miyares), Foreign Language School, UNAM, Mexico, 2002, pp. 397-426.
  • -Diccionario Básico Escolar(Basic School Dictionary) (General Coordinator), an important scientific and teaching work. Applied Linguistics Publishers, June 2003 (3,000 copies).
  • -Ortografía Integral. Los grupos ortográficos afines (GOA). Vocabulario directo y vocabulario inverso, Goagramas, Anagramas y Cronogramas. published in the 9th International Social Communication Symposium's PROCEEDINGS, Centre for Applied Linguistics, Santiago de Cuba, Volume II, pp. 981-990, 2005.
  • -Ortografía Integral.Centre for Applied Linguistics’ Edition, 2006, Santiago de Cuba, pp. 282.
  • -Léxico Activo-Funcional del Escolar Cubano. Centre for Applied Linguistics’ Edition, 2006, Santiago de Cuba, pp. 750.
  • -El programa radial “Saber Andar”, un esfuerzo para mejorar la ortografía de los alumnos de secundaria básica e incidir en la cultura idiomática de nuestro pueblo. (In cooperation), published in the 10th International Social Communication Symposium’s PROCEEDINGS, Centre for Applied Linguistics, Santiago de Cuba, Volume I, pp. 142-147, 2007.
  • -Publication of more than fifteen articles on linguistics, as an author and co-author, in the Sierra Maestra Newspaper, Santiago de Cuba province (1980-1985).
Participation in scientific conferences:
  • -1972 – 1st National Symposium on Linguistics and Logophoniatrics. MINISTRY OF EDUCATION (MINED). Tarará, Havana.
  • -1975 – 1st Scientific Conference organized by the ACC delegation, Santiago de Cuba.
  • -1979 – 1st Scientific Conference organized by the Frank País Higher Pedagogical Institute (ISP, Spanish acronym), Santiago de Cuba.
  • -1980 – 2nd Scientific Conference organized by the ACC Delegation, Santiago de Cuba.
  • -1981 – 1st Scientific Meeting of Professors from the Frank País ISP, Santiago de Cuba.
  • -1982 – 1st Scientific Congress, School of Arts, University of Oriente.
  • -1983 – 2nd Scientific Meeting of Professors from the Frank País ISP, Santiago de Cuba.
  • -1984 – 2nd Scientific Conference, School of Arts, University of Oriente.
  • -1985 – 3rd Scientific Meeting of Professors from the Frank País ISP, Santiago de Cuba.
  • -1986 – 3rd Scientific Conference, School of Arts, University of Oriente.
  • -1988 – 4th Scientific Meeting of Professors from the Frank País ISP, Santiago de Cuba.
  • -1989 – 1st Workshop on Spanish Language in the Americas. University of Havana.
  • -1990 – 1st Scientific Conference on Phonetics and Phonology. Cuban Linguists’ Association. Manzanillo.
  • -1990 – 1st Conference on African and Afro-American Culture. Fernando Ortiz African Cultural Centre. Santiago de Cuba.
  • - 1992 – INFORMATICA’92 International Congress. Information Technology in Education. Havana Convention Centre.
  • -1992 – 7th Forum on Spare Parts, Equipment and State-of-the-Art Technology. Santiago de Cuba.
  • -1992 – Cuba-Spain International Workshop. University of Oriente. Santiago de Cuba.
  • -1992 – 5th Centenary of the Encounter of Two Worlds. School of Social Science and Humanities. University of Oriente.
  • -1993 – Pedagogía’93. Meeting Towards Unity of Teachers in Latin America. Havana Conference Centre.
  • -1993 – 2nd Latin American Scientific Conference on Special Education. Havana. (Invited to give a Master Lecture).
  • -1993 – 8th National Forum on Science and Technology.
  • -1994 –PEDAGOGÍA’94 Provincial Symposium.
  • -1994 – Cuban Teachers’ Association’s National Workshop.
  • -1994 – 8th International Conference on Linguistics and Literature. School of Arts. University of Oriente. Santiago de Cuba.
  • -1994 – Pedagogía’94. Heredia Theatre. Santiago de Cuba.
  • -1994 – 9th Forum on Science and Technology. Santiago de Cuba.
  • -1994 – Cuban Teachers’ Association’s National Workshop. Santiago de Cuba.
  • -1995 – Pedagogía’95. Meeting Towards Unity of Latin American Teachers.
  • -1996 – LINGUÍSTICA’96. Literature and Linguistics Institute. Havana.
  • -1996 – EXPOLINGUA’96. Havana.
  • -1997 – Pedagogía’97. Meeting Towards Unity of Latin American Teachers.
  • -1998 – Provincial Pedagogy. Received special recognition for contributions to Cuban Education.
  • -1998 – 7th Literary Linguistics Conference, University of Oriente.
  • -Provincial Pedagogy. Received special recognition for his contributions to Cuban Education.
  • -1999 – Head of Examining Board on Mass Media. 6th International Symposium on Social Communication. (January). Santiago de Cuba.
  • -1999 – Pedagogía’99 Attendance as a panel member on the drafting and application of the Diccionario Escolar Ilustrado (Illustrated School Dictionary) and other achievements. Havana.
  • -1999 – International Workshop on the Use of the Methodology of Vacuna VAL-CUBA (Primary Education Level). Cabudare, Palavecino Municipality. Lara State. Republic of Venezuela.
  • -2000 – 10th International Conference on Linguistics and Literature. University of Oriente. (Presiding Judge).
Additional Information:

Meetings led, organized and actively attended:

  • -1982, 1984 and 1986 – 1st, 2nd and 3rd Scientific Plenary Sessions of Cuban Announcers. Cuban Radio and Television Institute (ICRT, Spanish acronym). Havana.
  • -1987, 1989, 1991, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005 and 2007 – 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th and 10th International Symposiums on Social Communication, Cuban Ministry of Science, Technology and the Environment. Since 1997, these international symposiums have had a significant national and international impact due to the quality of the works presented and the publication of their PROCEEDINGS. The number of foreigners attending these symposiums is over 120 every time.
  • -1992 – 1st Workshop on Introduction of ACC – MINED Outcomes (Havana and Santiago de Cuba).
  • -1993 – 2nd Workshop on Introduction of ACC – MINED Outcomes (Havana and Santiago de Cuba).
  • -1994 – 1st International Workshop on Spanish Language Studies (TIEE, from its Spanish initials).

Advisory work

Assistance provided to the Cuban Radio and Television Institute since 1975. The National Radio and Television Announcers’ Meeting (to unify linguistic criteria) has been the most significant event. A master lecture was given on the subject matter. The meeting was held at the Young Communist League’s National Cadre School on July 4-5, 1980 in Havana.

To the Ministry of Education

Advice and supervision provided for a number of scientific research works conducted by many colleagues from all Higher Teaching Institutes throughout the country.

Degree Thesis Supervision

Supervisor for three Doctoral theses and more than ten Degree Theses of university and higher teaching institute students in the country.

  • -Founder of the Literature and Linguistics Centre of the Academy of Sciences in Santiago de Cuba on January 1st, 1971. Today it is the Centre for Applied Linguistics attached to the Ministry of Science, Technology and the Environment (CITMA, Spanish acronym).
  • -President of the Multidisciplinary Scientific Council at the Centre for Applied Linguistics.
  • -Former member of the Frank País Higher Teaching Institute’s Scientific Council. Santiago de Cuba.
  • -Former member of the Fernando Ortiz African Cultural Centre’s Scientific Council. Santiago de Cuba.
  • -Senior Professor at the ICRT’s Higher Training Centre.
  • Drafting of school materials for The Ministry of Education’s New Syllabus, at the request of the Minister of Education, 1974.
  • -Prize awarded at the First Science and Technology Forum 1978 organized by the Multi-agency Scientific and Technical Information Centre (CMICT, Spanish acronym) in Guantánamo.
  • -Prize awarded at the Scientific Information Contest organized by the Academy of Sciences on the occasion of the 11th World Youth and Students’ Festival, 1978.
  • -Prize awarded at the First Science and Technology Forum organized by CMICT in Santiago de Cuba, 1981.
  • -Carlos J. Finlay National Award granted by the State Council of the Republic of Cuba, 1992.
  • -From the 1992-1993 academic year to the present, co-author of the scripts for NUESTRO IDIOMA radio show broadcast by Radio Mambí municipal radio station. This show is broadcast by all municipal radio stations in the province of Santiago de Cuba.
  • -Award for his outstanding work in Education, 1989.
  • -Award and Diploma given in 1986 for having participated in the National Literacy Campaign carried out in Cuba in 1961.
  • -Cuban Culture Award, 1993.
  • -Culture Trade Union Award, 1995.
  • -23 de agosto Award (On an exceptional basis), 1997.
  • -RELEVANT National Award at the 8th and 12th National Science and Technology Forums.
  • -OUTSTANDING National Award at the 14th National Science and Technology Forum. 2002
  • -Chosen as a National Outstanding Worker within the Education, Science and Sports Trade Union (SNTECD, Spanish acronym), 1988.
  • -Chosen as a National Outstanding Worker within the Science Trade Union in 1993, 1994 and 1995.
  • -Co-author of Vacuna VAL-CUBA, amethodology to eradicateand avoidspelling mistakes. Nowadays, this methodology is applied to over 200 thousand primary education students. It has been approved by the Ministry of Education’s National Department to be used in every primary school throughout the country (more than a million children).
  • -Annual National Award given by ACC to the scientific work entitled “Cuban Schoolchildren’s Functional and Active Vocabulary”. 1997.
  • -Author of Nuestro idioma Radio Show, (In cooperation). This radio broadcast has contributed to the improvement of our children and young people’s speaking and writing skills. 1993-1999.
  • -Tribute paid for his outstanding scientific work on the occasion of the 480th Anniversary of the Founding of the City. 1994.
  • -Provincial Recognition to the scientific outcome of Vacuna VAL-CUBA. A Methodology against Spelling Mistakes.
  • -Relevant Award at the 10th Provincial Science and Technology Forum for the work entitled Spread of scientific outcomes to enhance idiomatic culture in our country.
  • -Spread of the scientific outcome of Vacuna VAL-CUBA, Computer-assisted School Dictionaryand Computer-assisted Educational Games through a Nationwide Scientific Caravan.
  • -Spread of the scientific outcome of Vacuna VAL-CUBA, Computer-assisted School Dictionary, Computer-assisted Educational Games, SISCOSOR and Cuban Schoolchildren’s Active and Functional Vocabulary through a Nationwide Scientific Caravan.
  • -Certificate of acknowledgement sent by the Minister of CITMA on the success of the Nationwide Scientific Caravan.
  • -28 de septiembre Award given by the National Department of the Committees for the Defence of the Revolution.
  • -Commemorative Award on the 40th Anniversary of the National Sports Institute. 2003.
  • -Mártires de Barbados Award. 2004.
  • -Commemorative Award on the occasion of the 40th Anniversary of the Revolutionary Armed Forces.
  • -Award given on the occasion of the 30th Anniversary of the State Security Bodies.
  • -Opponent for various Doctoral Theses.
  • -Management and organization of spelling contests at the municipal and provincial levels.
  • -Pedagogía 1998 National Award.
  • -Lázaro Peña National Award, Second Degree, June 1999.
  • -Los Zapaticos de RosaNational Award given by José Martí Pioneers’ Organization. April 2000.
  • -Since 1992, member of the world project’s research team VARILEX (Spanishacronym) (Lexical Variation of Spanish Language) led by. Hiroto Ueda, PhD. University of Tokyo, Japan.
  • -A workshop given with Eloína Miyares at the request of the National SNTECD as part of the national program entitled Cuban Teachers in favour of our Language Culture in October 1999.
  • -Santiago de Cuba Coat of Arms presented at a ceremony held on July 25th, 2000 during the festivities for the 485th Anniversary of the founding of the city.
  • -3rd Prize awarded to Nuestro idioma radio show at the National Radio Festival, 2000. (Co-author).
  • -EURALEX-2002 (European Association of Lexicography) International Award for the scientific work: Basic School Dictionary.
  • -Lázaro Peña First Degree Award,1st May 2004.
  • -Juan Tomás Roig Awardgiven by the National Science Workers’ Trade Union. March 2004.
  • -Master lecture entitled “Integrated Spelling. Related Spelling Groups (GOA, Spanish acronym). Direct and Reverse Vocabulary, Didactic Games to Rearrange letters to make words, Anagrams and Chronograms” given at the 9th International Symposium on Social Communication, Santiago de Cuba. 2005.
  • -Forjadores del Futuro Award given by the National Young Technical Brigades for his outstanding contribution to the training of researchers. January 2008.