Teaching heritage speakers
SPANISH 440 “THEORY AND METHODS IN TEACHING HERITAGE SPEAKERS”
THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO DEPARTMENT OF HISPANIC & ITALIAN STUDIES
Fall 2021: Will be taught in Spanish. 100% online (synchronous). Wednesdays 5:00-8:00 pm, August 25 - December 1, 2021.
More information about cost and how to sign up is coming soon; deadline will probably be close to August 1, 2021.
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In this course, we review theories in bilingual development, sociolinguistics, and language teaching in order to understand best practices in, and develop coherent materials for, teaching heritage language learners.
Topics: In the past, we used as our main textbook Heritage language teaching: Research and practice (Beaudrie, Ducar & Potowski 2014). You can see the table of contents here:
Empezando en Fall 2021, usaremos un nuevo libro de texto en español: Enseñar el español a los hablantes de herencia: Cultivando jardines (de Kim Potowski y Alfredo Varela). Se está elaborando durante enero-agosto 2021, y los alumnos en Fall 2021 recibirán una copia gratuita en PDF.
Credit: 3 undergraduate/4 graduate credits.
Prerequisite(s): Junior standing or above and consent of the instructor.
Recommended background: Credit or concurrent registration in SPAN 363, SPAN 448 or SPAN 449.
The course will count for 60 PD hours of ISBE PD credit.