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Professional Development
Sessions
Metodología de la enseñanza de español como lengua
extranjera en la primaria*
978-1-61605-395-6 | Level: K–5
This session explores the basic principles of foreign language
teaching as they apply to the teaching of Spanish in the
elementary classroom and to the learning processes that are
associated with second language acquisition, communicative
competency, and cultural competency. Participants discuss
effective techniques for assessing and evaluating students
and learn about resources available to enhance teaching and
learning Spanish at the elementary level.
* Offered in Spanish
Gramática y ortografía para la escuela primaria y secundaria
(Grammar, Spelling, and Punctuation for Elementary and
Secondary Spanish Teachers)
978-1-61605-398-7 | Level: K–5
978-1-61605-399-4 | Level: 6–12
This session addresses common grammatical issues secondary
Spanish heritage learners encounter and strategies to
help address them. Participants benefit from a review and
clarification of basic and advanced grammatical and linguistic
concepts, including the teaching and learning of spelling
and punctuation, verb conjugations, common grammatical
and linguistic inaccuracies, and common errors of heritage
speakers living in the U.S. (e.g. Spanish/English false cognates,
accent rules, language variation, etc.).
Metodología de la enseñanza del español como lengua
materna*
978-1-63113-592-7 | Levels K–12
The session provides teachers of heritage Spanish speakers
with research-based instructional strategies proven effective
when teaching heritage Spanish speakers. Participants learn
about the influence of culture on teaching and learning:
cross-cultural learning on cultural identity, the transcultural
experience, cultural competency and mediation, and
cross-cultural communication. The session also explores
six categories of language learning strategies: cognitive,
metacognitive, memory-related, compensatory, affective, and
social (Oxford, 2001).
Learning in Three Modes: Building Communicative
Competence in the Spanish World Language Classroom
978-1-68292-243-9
Participants will learn effective instructional strategies to
develop student competence in the Interpersonal, Interpretive
and Presentational modes of communication as set out in the
World-Readiness Standards for Learning Languages (ACTFL,
2015). The session will include suggestions for selecting
materials, designing effective activities, and managing the
new demands of the communicative classroom.
SPANISH AS A WORLD LANGUAGE & SPANISH FOR NATIVE SPEAKERS