Researcher. Doctor Juan Pino-Silva has published his work in several refereed journals and book chapters. His most often cited articles are in Extensive Reading, Language Testing, the use of video technology in the classroom and virtual communities of purposes.
Professor of Spanish (England and the USA) English (ESL and EFL), Linguistics (Applied, theoretical, Sociolinguistics) and Tesol (Grammar for ESL teachers). After completing all requirements at the USB, he was promoted to Full Professorship. He is now an adjunct faculty at Evergreen Valley College.
Having earned a translation certification from the government of Venezuela (Intérprete Público), Dr. Pino-Silva is a proud translator/ interpreter and project manager in Silicon Valley.
Language Entrepreneur started to grow in Venezuela when he accepted the challenge to teach English to the Oil industry highly-ranked executives of PDVSA. The challenge involved founding and managing a small company to execute a 4-years-project. His language academy closed its doors to outsource its services to a renown High school in Caracas, Venezuela. Upon relocating to Silicon Valley, he founded a small language services company to cater to the Venezuelan and US clients.
