Dr. Abraham Hernández Cubo joined King’s College London in 2022. He completed his Licenciatura en Filología Alemana (2004) and Licenciatura en Filología Inglesa (2005) at Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain. He completed his MA in Applied Linguistics (2017) at La Trobe University, Australia and his PhD in Spanish Film Studies (2022) at The University of Melbourne, Australia. He speaks Spanish, English and German. 

Dr. Abraham Hernández Cubo is a Lecturer in Spanish Language Education at the King’s Language Centre. He teaches Spanish to both undergraduate and postgraduate students across a range of programmes offered by the Language Centre, including the Language Modules programme, the Doctoral Training Programme, and various modules delivered in collaboration with other departments (Department of Languages, Literatures and Cultures; King’s Business School; The Dickson Poon School of Law), as well as through external partnerships (London Business School). He is likewise involved in curriculum and assessment design. In addition, Dr. Hernández Cubo supports the coordination and management of the Short Courses and London Business School programmes within the Iberian Languages Team.

Research, Scholarly projects and Academic Awards

Dr. Abraham Hernández Cubo’s research in Applied Linguistics explores the role of language ideology in L2 Spanish pedagogy, with a particular focus on attitudes towards standardisation processes and the recognition of dialectal variation in second language instruction. He is also a member of a working group at the King’s Language Centre that investigates the use of gamification in language teaching and has contributed to the development of a Language Escape Room at the Courtauld Gallery. Another strand of his research focuses on Spanish film studies, where Dr. Hernández Cubo analyses the representation of childhood throughout the history of Spanish cinema and examines how these portrayals reflect the socio-political, historical, and cultural contexts in which the films were produced.

Academic Publications:

Hernández Cubo, A. (2023). ‘As if Franco had never existed? The intrusive past in Pedro Almodóvar’s Tacones lejanos/High heels (1991)’, Studies in Spanish & Latin American Cinemas, 20(1), pp. 3-22, doi: 10.1386/slac_00100_1

Hernández Cubo, A. (2023). ‘A cross-regional study on the recognition of dialectal diversity in the uses of Spanish past tenses in L2 Spanish textbooks’, Revista Brasileira de Lingüística Aplicada, 23(4), doi: 10.1590/1984-6398202321685

Hernández Cubo, A. (2019). ‘¿Hoy te has levantado o te levantaste? Treatment of dialectal variation in the presentation of past tenses in L2 Spanish textbooks published in Spain’, Estudios de Lingüística Aplicada, 69, pp. 101-142. doi: 10.22201/enallt.01852647p.2019.69.830

Hernández Cubo, A. (2009), ‘El uso de canciones en la clase de español’, Voces Hispanas, 6, pp. 42-46