Teresa García joined King’s College London in 2004. She holds a Bachelor’s degree in Journalism (1990) and a Postgraduate Certificate in Education (2002) from the Universidad Complutense de Madrid, as well as a Certificate in Language Teaching to Adults from International House, London (2003). In 2015, she completed an MA in Spanish, Portuguese and Latin American Cultural Studies at Birkbeck, University of London. She speaks Spanish, English and French.

Teresa is the Team Leader for Iberian Languages, overseeing all teaching and learning activities in Catalan, Portuguese, and Spanish at the King’s Language Centre. She also serves as the Programme Director for the Arts & Humanities provisions within the Language Centre.

As co-founder, Teresa has played an active part in the creation and development of the Association of Teachers of Spanish in the UK (ELEUK), which aims to foster research, share excellence and good practice in the teaching of Spanish at Higher Education and University level. 

Her professional interests include curriculum design, intercultural communication, and the pedagogy of Spanish as a foreign language. Teresa has contributed to collaborative research on decolonising language teaching and reflective pedagogical practices.

Research, Scholarly projects and Academic Awards

Teresa is interested in innovative language teaching approaches and pedagogies, and in the use of Cinema and Visual arts in language teaching. Since 2021 she is involved in the project “Decolonising the Spanish curriculum” with the Special Interest Group SIG Des-ELEUK, in collaboration with colleagues of 19 universities across the UK and Spain. She currently co-coordinates the extensive work done by the group.  

Academic Publications:

Macías, I., Villamediana-González, L., García, T., Hernández-Martín, L. & Torres, T. (2025). Descolonización ELEUK: Nuevas reflexiones y avances pedagógicos. Instituto Cervantes Virtual Centre.