Eloína Miyares Bermúdez(1928-2015)

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Academic Qualifications:

  • Primary Education Teacher graduated from Santiago de Cuba Teacher Training School, 1947
  • Bachelor of Arts in Philology. University of Oriente, 1971
  • Honorary Doctor’s Degree in Social Sciences, University of Oriente, 2006

Teaching Experience

  • 1947 - 1966: Primary school teacher and Principal of Primary and Adult Education Schools
  • 1967 – 1972: Professor of Writing and Composition and General Linguistics at the University of Oriente

 Post-graduate Courses Taught (Selection)

  • Morpho-syntax course. Given to Teacher’s Training professors and to Schools of Day-Care Centre Educators (1972-1974)
  • General Linguistics. Given to senior high school teachers. Institute for Postgraduate Courses on Education (National ISE, Spanish acronym). Havana. 1974
  • Seminar to professors and Spanish guides for the application of the new linguistic contents of the 1st. Reading National ISE. Havana, November 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
  • Seminar for First Grade teachers and Spanish guides for the implementation of the 1st. Reading Provincial ISE. Santiago de Cuba. December 1974
  • National Seminar (intensive course) to linguistic professors of the former Primary Teacher Training Schools (EFMP, Spanish acronym), in which the research for Problems in the Use of Verbal Forms in Cuban Popular Speech was informed (Morpho-syntactic level). Havana. 1976
  • National Seminar on Semantics. Given to Spanish language professors of the EFMP and of the Schools of Day-Care Centre Educators, Santiago de Cuba, 1975
  • 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
  • Refresher courses on Psycholinguistics. Given to professors and researchers of Santiago de Cuba. 1981
  • Workshop course on Phonetics and Phonology. Given to professors and teachers of the Ministry of Education (MINED, Spanish acronym). (1982-1983)
  • Workshop course on Acoustic Phonetics. Given to professors and researchers of the MINED. (1984-1985)
  • Workshops on Applied Linguistics. Given to professors of the MINED. (1986-1991)
  • Courses on Lexicology and Lexicography to professors of the Frank País Higher Pedagogical Institute and to speech therapists of MINED (1992-1998)
  • Spanish course for Manchester University students, England (1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007)

Scientific Work

From 1973 to the present, she has worked as a researcher at the Centre for Applied Linguistics of the Academy of Sciences of Cuba, today attached to the Ministry of Science, Technology and the Environment. At present, holds the position of Full Researcher, maximum scientific category.

Completed Research Works

  • Research on Spelling with Students of Senior High Schools for Workers and Farmers (FOC, Spanish acronym). 1966
  • Increase of Vocabulary in Cuba after the Triumph of the Revolution. 1966
  • Study of the Work of Santiago de Cuba’s Most Outstanding Poets and Writers of the 1930’s. 1971
  • Values and Functions of Morphemes in the Noun Phrase. 1974
  • Active Vocabulary of Cuban Students. 1977. (Delivered to the Centre for Educational Development of MINED)
  • Cacographic Inventory of Cuban students. 1977. (Delivered to the Centre for Educational Development (EDC, Spanish acronym) of the MINED)
  • The Semantic and Lexical Movement in Cuba during the Revolution. 1979
  • Study on Cultural Pseudo-dyslalias. Large-scale Plan for their Eradication. 1980
  • Some General Aspects of Psycholinguistics. 1981
  • Linguistic Study of some of Nicolás Guillén’s Works. 1985
  • The Acoustic Method Applied to the Study of Vocalism and Consonantism of some Cuban Announcers. 1988
  • Implementation of a Methodology to Improve the Phonic Culture of General Education Students in Santiago de Cuba. 1990
  • Computer-aided School Dictionary. Implemented in the Frank País Special School. 1993
  • Communication System for Deaf and Hypo-acoustic persons (SISCOSOR, Spanish acronyms). Implemented in the Eduardo Mesa Llul school. 1994
  • Active and Functional Vocabulary of Cuban students. Project Director (1997). Annual Prize awarded by the Academy of Sciences of Cuba
  • Methodology for the Eradication of Lapsograms in Secondary School Students (1998)
  • Completion and approval by the Group of Experts of the Diccionario Básico Escolar (School Basic Dictionary) This work has 1,000 pages with more than 7 thousand entries and 20 thousand meanings. It has the grammatical classification for each word, sentences as examples for each meaning, synonyms, antonyms, augmentatives, diminutives, plurals, word spelling, an annex with 79 model verbs and 23 coloured illustrated pages. 2000.
  • Completion and approval by the Group of Experts for the Summary on Environment This significant work has a glossary of more than one thousand entries of main environmental terms. Such Glossary includes the most important acronyms used in this science as well as abstracts of meetings and conferences held all over the world on this issue. This research concludes with the hygienic and environmental measures which people should fully know about to better look after nature. 2001
  • Completion and approval by the Group of Experts of the Caribbean Spanish Dictionary This work has 1,000 pages with more than 8 thousand entries and 20 thousand meanings. 2004
  • Completion of the Electronic Version of the School Basic Dictionary. (Project conducted with experts of the University of the Basque Country, Spain)

Publications

  • Ortografía Teórico‑Práctica. Universidad de Oriente Publishers. 1966. (In cooperation)
  • Primeros resultados del estudio del vocabulario básico del escolar cubano, en V Centenario del Encuentro entre Dos Mundos. Taller Journal. Santiago de Cuba. 1966
  • Algo sobre La última mujer y el próximo combate (Literary Critique). Santiago Journal, Number 8, 1971
  • Guía de Lingüística para la enseñanza de la lengua materna aplicada al libro 1ro. de Lectura. 1st. Cycle. National ISE publications, Havana, 1974
  • Curso a locutores y actores de radio y televisión. ICR Publishers. Oriente, 1975
  • Ortografía Teórico‑Práctica con una introducción lingüística. Pueblo y Educación Publishers. Havana, 1975. (In co-operation)
  • Morfosintaxis (Volume 1) MINED Publishers. Oriente, 1975
  • Introducción a la Semántica (brochure). Light Printings. MINED. Oriente, 1975
  • Movimiento léxico‑semántico de Cuba revolucionaria. Philology Journal, Brno University, Czechoslovakia, 1979
  • El consonantismo en Cuba. Los laboratorios de fonética para la corrección del habla. (In cooperation). Ciencias Sociales Publishers. Havana, 1984
  • Algunas consideraciones sobre la linguística aplicada en Cuba, Yearbook L/L, Number 16, 1985, pp. 365-372.
  • Metodología para el tratamiento de problemas articulatorios (Primary Level). ENPES Publishers. Santiago de Cuba, 1987
  • Metodología para el tratamiento de problemas articulatorios (Secondary Level). ENPES Publishers. Santiago de Cuba, 1988
  • Estudio acústico comparativo del vocalismo de la joven generación y los locutores de Cuba, en Comunicación Social. (Bulletin of Applied Linguistics and other communication sciences). Academia Publishers, Number 2, Havana, 1989
  • El método acústico aplicado al estudio del vocalismo de algunos locutores cubanos, en Comunicación Social. (Bulletin of Applied Linguistics and other communication sciences). Academia Publishers, Number 3, pp. 8-39, Havana, 1989
  • Morfología del sintagma nominal en el habla de los alumnos de enseñanza primaria en algunas escuelas de Santiago de Cuba, en Comunicación Social (Bulletin of Applied Linguistics and other communication sciences). Academia Publishers, Number 4-5, pp. 77-93, Havana, 1990
  • Ampliación del Sistema de Computación VEC. (In cooperation). Selection of presentations at the International Congress EXPOLINGUA’ Havana 92, pp. 599-606
  • Primeros resultados del Estudio del vocabulario básico del escolar cubano, en V Centenario del Encuentro entre Dos Mundos, School of Social and Humanistic Sciences. University of Oriente, 1992
  • Presencia africana en la obra de Nicolás Guillén. Estudios de Comunicación Social. Academia Publishers, pp. 1- 14, Havana, 1994
  • Cuba’s Centre for Applied Linguistics. The Phonetician. CL-68, Spring 1995, ISPhS, Gainesville, Florida, United States, 1995
  • Vacuna VAL-CUBA. Metodología para evitar y erradicar las faltas de ortografía (A methodology to prevent and eradicate spelling mistakes). (In co-operation). Santiago de Cuba. Applied Linguistics Editions, 1995, pp. 71
  • Vacuna VAL-CUBA. Metodología para evitar y erradicar las faltas de ortografía. (In co-operation). Havana. Academia Publishers, 1995, pp. 71
  • Vacuna VAL-CUBA. Metodología para evitar y erradicar las faltas de ortografía. (In co-operation). Havana. Academia Publishers, Second edition, 1999, pp. 171
  • Uso de algunas categorías gramaticales por alumnos de segundo a sexto grado. (Nivel primario). Proceedings of EXPOLINGUA’96
  • Veinticinco años de Lingüística Aplicada. Artículo en Memorias. 5th International Symposium on Social Communication, Santiago de Cuba, 1997
  • Algunas características del Diccionario Escolar Ilustrado en Estudios de Comunicación Social, Academia Publishers, Havana, 1997
  • Diccionario Escolar Ilustrado (Illustrated School Dictionary); a significant scientific-pedagogical work, first one of its kind made in the country as a result of research. (Co-edited by Oriente Publishers of Santiago de Cuba and Libertarias Publishers of Madrid, Spain), 1998
  • Diccionario Ortográfico del Español (Spanish Orthographic Dictionary); one of a kind in Cuba, made in co-operation with specialists from the Institute for Electronic Circuits of Genoa, Italy. 1999
  • Acercamiento al análisis de textos escritos por alumnos de enseñanza primaria: elementos que propician la comunicación (in cooperation). PROCEEDINGS of the 6th International Symposium on Social Communication, Oriente Publishers, Santiago de Cuba, pp. 44-50, 1999
  • Glosario del Medio Ambiente: Investigación Lingüístico Ambiental (in cooperation). PROCEEDINGS of the 6th International Symposium on Social Communication, Oriente Publishers, Santiago de Cuba, pp. 75-82, 1999
  • Análisis de los sustantivos y adjetivos presentes en el léxico activo-funcional del escolar cubano: el diccionario escolar ilustrado, en En torno al sustantivo y adjetivo en el español actual: aspectos cognitivos, semánticos, (morfo)sintácticos y lexicogenéticos edited by Gerd Wotjak, Vervuet Publishers, Frankfurt, Germany, 2000
  • Reflexiones sobre las relaciones entre el lenguaje, el talento y la identidad. PROCEEDINGS-I of the 7th. International Symposium on Social Communication, Applied Linguistics Editions, Santiago de Cuba, pp. 333-339, 2001
  • Vocabulario Inverso y Anagramas del Español, made in cooperation with specialists from the Institute for Electronic Circuits of Genoa, Italy. 2001
  • Resultados de algunas investigaciones en Lingüística Aplicada en Cuba (with Eloína Miyares) in Contribuciones a la Lingüística Aplicada en América Latina, Centre for the Teaching of Foreign Languages, UNAM, Mexico, 2002, pp. 397-426
  • Alcance y características del Diccionario Escolar del Español Caribeño. PROCEEDINGS-I of the 8th International Symposium on Social Communication, Applied Linguistics Editions, Santiago de Cuba, pp. 25-30, 2003
  • Thesaurus electrónico italiano-español: instrumento hipertextual para la enseñanza y la traducción automatizada asistida en ambas lenguas. PROCEEDINGS-I of the 8th International Symposium on Social Communication, Applied Linguistics Editions, Santiago de Cuba, pp. 585-587, 2003
  • Diccionario Básico Escolar (Basic School Dictionary) (General Director). An important scientific and pedagogical 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. PROCEEDINGS-I of the 9th International Symposium on Social Communication, Centre for Applied Linguistics, Santiago de Cuba, Volume II, pp. 981-990, 2005
  • Ortografía Integral. Centre for Applied Linguistics Editions, 2006, Santiago de Cuba, page 282
  • Léxico Activo-Funcional del Escolar Cubano: Centre for Applied Linguistics Editions, 2006, Santiago de Cuba, pp. 750
  • Linguistics in the Twenty-First Century, edited by Eloína Miyares Bermúdez y Leonel Ruiz Miyares. Cambridge Scholars Press in cooperation with the Centre for Applied Linguistics, 2006, Santiago de Cuba, p. 422. ISBN 1904303862
  • 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), in the PROCEEDINGS-I of the 10th International Symposium on Social Communication, Centre for Applied Linguistics, Santiago de Cuba, Volume I, pp. 142-147, 2007
Likewise, author and co-author of more than thirty articles on linguistics published in Sierra Maestra provincial newspaper, Santiago de Cuba (1980-1995).

Participation in scientific conferences

As Speaker and/or Examiner

  • 1972 – 1st. National Symposium on Linguistics and Logophoniatrics. Ministry of Education (MINED, Spanish acronym). Tarará, Havana.
  • 1975 – 1st Scientific Conference of 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 of the ACC Delegation. Santiago de Cuba.
  • 1981 – 1st Scientific Meeting of the Frank País ISP Professors. Santiago de Cuba.
  • 1982 – 1st Scientific Conference at the Philology School of the University of Oriente, Santiago de Cuba.
  • 1983 – 2nd Scientific Meeting of the Frank País ISP Professors. Santiago de Cuba.
  • 1984 – 2nd Scientific Conference at the Philology School of the University of Oriente, Santiago de Cuba.
  • 1985 – 3rd Scientific Meeting of the Frank País ISP Professors. Santiago de Cuba.
  • 1986 – 3rd Scientific Conference at the School of Arts of the University of Oriente, Santiago de Cuba.
  • 1988 – 4th Scientific Meeting of the Frank País ISP Professors. Santiago de Cuba.
  • 1989 – 1st Workshop on the Spanish Language of the Americas. University of Havana.
  • 1990 – 1st Scientific Conference on Phonetics and Phonology. Cuban Linguists Association. Manzanillo. Granma
  • 1990 – 1st. Conference about African and Afro-American Culture. Fernando Ortiz African Cultural Centre. Santiago de Cuba.
  • 1992 - INFORMATICA’92 International Conference. Computer Science in Education. Convention Centre. Havana. 1992- EXPOLINGUA’92 International Conference.
  • 1992 – Encounter of languages and cultures. Havana.
  • 1992 – Cuba-Spain International Workshop. University of Oriente. Santiago de Cuba.
  • 1992 - 7th Forum on Spare Parts, Equipment and Advanced Technology, Santiago de Cuba.
  • 1992 - 5th Centenary of the Encounter of Two Worlds. School of Social and Humanistic Sciences, University of Oriente.
  • 1993 – Pedagogía’93. Meeting for the Unity of Latin American Educators. Convention Centre. Havana.
  • 1993 – 2nd Latin American Scientific Conference on Special Education. Havana. (Invited to give a Master Lecture)
  • 1993 – 8th National Forum on Science and Technique. Havana.
  • 1993 – 2nd International Book Fair of Caracas, Venezuela.
  • 1993 – 19th Symposium of Venezuelan Literature Teachers and Researchers . La Guaira, Venezuela.
  • 1994 – INFORMATICA’94 International Conference. Computer Science in Education. Convention Centre. Havana.
  • 1994- 7th Linguistic and Literary Conference of the School of Arts of the University of Oriente, Santiago de Cuba.
  • 1994 – 2nd International Linguistic Symposium: Language and Communication. Andrés Bello Philology Institute. Central University of Venezuela.
  • 1994 – International Meeting of Creative Women: Science, Technique and Development. Havana Convention Centre.
  • 1994 – Pedagogía’94. Heredia Theatre, Santiago de Cuba.
  • 1994 – 9th Forum on Science and Technique, Santiago de Cuba.
  • 1994 – 1st Meeting The Audiovisual Universe of Cuban Children. Santa Clara, Villa Clara.
  • 1994 - National Workshop of the Association of Cuban Educators, Santiago de Cuba.
  • 1995 – 10th Provincial Forum on Science and Technique. Two OUTSTANDING presentations, Santiago de Cuba.
  • 1995 - Meeting of Innovative and Rationalizing Women. Santiago de Cuba.
  • 1995 - José Martí and the Challenges of the 21st Santiago de Cuba.
  • 1996 – 5th Latin American Scientific Conference on Special Education. Havana.
  • 1996 - National Workshop of the Association of Cuban Educators: For a better development of Pedagogical Sciences. Santiago de Cuba.
  • 1996 - EXPOLINGUA HABANA.
  • 1996 – LINGÜISTICA’96. Institute of Literature and Linguistics. City of Havana.
  • 1997 – PEDAGOGIA’97 Meeting for the unity of Caribbean Educators. Santiago de Cuba.
  • 1st National Meeting of Creative Women.
  • 1997 - International Congress of Linguistics and Literature, Caracas, Venezuela.
  • 1998 – 8th Linguistics and Literature Conference of the University of Oriente.
  • 1998 – 5th. International Congress for Hispanists, Leipzig, Germany.
  • 1998 – Provincial Pedagogy. Special Acknowledgement for contribution to the Cuban Education.
  • 1999 – PEDAGOCIA’99. Meeting for the unity of Latin American teachers. Havana Convention Centre. A Special Lecture given on the Diccionario Escolar Ilustrado (Illustrated School Dictionary) and the Diccionario Ortográfico del Español (Spanish Orthographic Dictionary).
  • 1999 - April. International Workshop on the use of the Vacuna VAL-CUBA (Cabudare, Municipality of Palavecino, State of Lara, Republic of Venezuela).
  • 1999 – June. 1st World Congress on Childhood Talent. (As lecturer, giving a workshop on the use of the Vacuna VAL-CUBA and the Diccionario Escolar Ilustrado, Caracas, Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela).
  • 2000 – 10th International Conference of Linguistics and Literature of the University of Oriente (Chairperson of the Examining Board).
  • 2000 – 3rd National Scientific Conference of the Institute of Linguistics and Literature, Havana (Special Guest, Round Table, Member of the Linguistics Examining Board).
  • 2001 – PEDAGOGIA’01. Meeting for the unity of Latin American teachers. Havana Convention Centre. Giving a special speech at the Commission for the Teaching of the Mother Tongue.
  • 2002 – 11th International Conference of Linguistics and Literature at the University of Oriente (Examiners’ Board).
  • 2004-2008 – 10th, 14th International Conferences on African Culture (speaker and member of the Examining Board).

Conferences led, organized and actively attended:

  • 1982, 1984 and 1986 – 1st, 2nd and 3rd Scientific Plenary Sessions of Cuban Announcers. Cuban Institute of Radio and Television. Havana.
  • 1987, 1989, 1991, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005 and 2007 – As Executive Secretary of the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th,5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th and 10th International Symposium on Social Communication, Centre for Applied Linguistics, Ministry of Science, Technology and the Environment. Since 1997, these international symposiums have had a great national and international impact due to the quality of the works presented and the publication of their PROCEEDINGS. More than 135 foreigners have attended each of these symposiums.
  • 1992 – 1st Workshop on the Introduction of Results. ACC-MINED. (Havana and Santiago de Cuba).
  • 1993 – 2nd Workshop on the Introduction of Results. ACC-MINED. (Santiago de Cuba).
  • 1994 – 1st International Workshop on Spanish Language Studies (TIEE, Spanish acronym), Heredia Theatre, Santiago de Cuba.

Advisory work

To the Cuban Institute of Radio and Television

  • Related to the speech of Cuban announcers through courses, meetings and national plenary sessions aimed at criteria unification in the use of the language in this area.

To the Ministry of Education

  • As advisor, and supervisor of various scientific research works for many colleagues in all Higher Pedagogical Institutes of the country.

Work on Degree Thesis

  • Supervision of more than fifteen Degree Theses of university and higher pedagogical institute students in the country and consultancy to six PhD Theses. Member of Examining Boards; thesis opponent; granting approval to another 7 PhD Theses.
Additional Information
  • Studies of Psycho-linguistics and Acoustic Speech Therapy at the Academy of Sciences of Czechoslovakia and at the Charles University of Prague, Czechoslovakia, 1979 and 1985.
  • Special Speech given at the closing ceremony of the 2nd International Symposium on Linguistics: Language and Communication, Andrés Bello Philology Institute, Central University of Venezuela, 1994.
  • Master Lecture at the Dr. Federico Rivero Palacio Technology University, Caracas, 1994.
  • Lecture at the Ministry of Education of Venezuela, 1994.
  • Applied Linguistics Workshop in El Tocuyo community in the State of Lara, Venezuela, 1994.
  • Master Course on Applied Linguistics taught at Valle de Orizaba University, State of Veracruz, Mexico, July 17- August 17, 1994.
  • Deputy Chairperson of the Centre for Applied Linguistics’ Multidisciplinary Scientific Council.
  • A member of the Scientific Council of the Frank País Higher Pedagogical Institute, Santiago de Cuba.
  • A member of the Scientific Council of the Fernando Ortiz African Cultural Centre, Santiago de Cuba.
  • A member of the Advisory Council of the Ministry of Science, Technology and the Environment (CITMA, Spanish acronym), Santiago de Cuba.
  • Senior Professor at the ICRT Higher Training
  • Chairperson of the Examining Board for State Exams of the Spanish Language School at the Frank País Higher Pedagogical Institute for more than five years.
  • Drawing up MINED’s new Syllabus, at the request of the Minister of Education, 1974.
  • Award at the First Scientific and Technical Forum of the Multi-sectorial Centre of Scientific and Technical Information (CMICT, Spanish acronym) of Guantánamo, 1978.
  • Award at the Disseminating Scientific Information Contest organized by the Academy of Sciences on the occasion of the 11th World Youth and Students’ Festival, 1978.
  • Award at the First Scientific and Technical Forum of CMICT, Santiago de Cuba, 1981.
  • OUTSTANDING Award at the 8th National Forum on Science and Technology, chosen amongst more than 23 thousand works submitted 1993.
  • National Prize for the Computer-aided School Dictionary by the Academy of Sciences (1993).
  • Medal-Award for his outstanding work in Education, 1989.
  • Medal and Diploma for having participated in the National Literacy Campaign of 1961. 1986.
  • Lecture given at the Language and Literature Department of the Simón Bolívar University of Caracas, Venezuela, 1993.
  • Linguistics Workshop at the Eugenio María de Hostos School of La Guaira, Municipality of Vargas, Venezuela, with the attendance of more than 60 teachers and professors, 1993.
  • Awarded with the Diego de Osorio First Class Award by the Commemorative Board of La Guaira Foundation in an official session at the 19th Symposium of Educators and Researchers of Venezuelan Literature, 1993.
  • Science and Education Award given at the Eugenio María de Hostos School of Venezuela, 1993.
  • Co-author of Nuestro Idioma radio program. It has contributed to the improvement of our children’s and youth’s oral and written expression, 1993-1999.
  • 40 Aniversario del Levantamiento Armado de Santiago de Cuba Acknowledgement by agreement of the Provincial People’s Power, November, 1996.
  • National Outstanding Worker of the Science Trade Union in 1993, 1994, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2002 and 2006.
  • Co-author of the Antilapsogram Vacuna VAL-CUBA, approved by the Ministry of Education to be used in all primary schools of the country (more than one million students).
  • National Prize-Winning Award of the Cultural Workers National Trade Union. 1995.
  • University of Oriente CHANCELLOR’S Award to the Greatest Social Contribution work entitled SISCOSOR: Communication computer system for the deaf and hypo-acoustic persons,
  • Award to SISCOSOR at the 5th Latin American Scientific Conference on Special Education, Havana, 1996.
  • Recognition given by the provincial CITMA to outstanding scientific results: Communication system for the deaf and hypo-acoustic persons, 1996.
  • Dissemination of the scientific results of Vacuna VAL-CUBA, Computer-aided School Dictionary, Computer-aided Educational Games, SISCOSOR and Cuban students’ Active and Functional Vocabulary through a National Scientific Caravan, 1996.
  • Award at the Forum of Provincial CITMA for the major social impact of the study of the Cuban Students’ Active and Functional Vocabulary, 1997.
  • Annual National Award 1997 by the Academy of Sciences of Cuba (Chief Author): Cuban Students’ Active and Functional Vocabulary.
  • Award at the International Meeting of Caribbean Cultural Identity and Journalism within the context of the Caribbean Festival. 1998.
  • Pedagogía 1998 National Award.
  • Outstanding Award at the 12th National Forum on Science and Technology, 1998.
  • Lázaro Peña National Award, Second Degree, June 1999.
  • Los Zapaticos de Rosa National Award granted by the José Martí Pioneers’ Organization, April 2000.
  • From 1992, a member of the research team of the world project called VARILEX (Spanish Lexical Variation) led by Hiroto Ueda, PhD., from the University of Tokyo, Japan.
  • Coat of Arms of Santiago de Cuba presented at a ceremony on July 25th, 2000 during the celebrations of the 485th Anniversary of the foundation of this City.
  • Commemorative Award on the occasion of the 40 Anniversary of the Revolutionary Armed Forces.
  • Carlos J. Finlay Award, the highest award given by the Council of State to scientific researchers. (January 2001)
  • Cuban Culture Award, given by the Ministry of Culture of Cuba (March, 2001).
  • OUTSTANDING national Prize at the 14th Forum on Science and Technology, 2003.
  • 3rd Prize for Nuestro Idioma radio program at the National Radio Festival, 2000. (Co-author).
  • Work visit to Gutenberg University, Sweden, 2002.
  • Work visit to the University of the Basque Country, Spain, 2003.
  • Invited to the Academic and Cultural Week organized by the School of Educational Sciences, Colima University, Mexico, 2007.
  • EURALEX-2002 (European Association of Lexicography) International Award for the scientific work, Basic School Dictionary.
  • Lázaro Peña First Degree National Award, May 1st, 2004.
  • Juan Tomás Roig Award given by the National Science Workers’ Trade Union, March 2004.
  • A 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.
  • Awarded with an HONORARY DOCTOR’S DEGREE IN SOCIAL SCIENCES by the University of Oriente for her extraordinary contribution, October 2006.
  •  National Mention at the 15th National Forum on Science and Technology, 2007 (Electronic version of the Basic School Dictionary).
  • Forjadores del Futuro Award given by the National Young Technical Brigades on an exceptional basis due to a great contribution to the training of researchers (January 2008).