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PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
I TECHNOLOGY SUPPORT 153
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT SESSIONS
Intensive Summer Spanish Language and Cultural Institute
9781631132476
$3,900 per participant*
Study abroad and learn from experts in the field of Spanish language
education. Santillana USA has partnered with the University of Alcalá
in Spain, world renowned for its Spanish course, to create a one-week
study abroad opportunity for U.S. Spanish teachers.
• Attend language and cultural sessions at the University of Alcalá
de Henares designed to enhance linguistic, cultural, historical,
and sociological knowledge of the Spanish language and Hispanic
cultures.
• Participate in cultural activities such as educational tours to
historical and cultural sites; e.g. travel through “La ruta del Quijote,”
visit Miguel de Cervantes’s home, and the Museo del Prado, among
others.
• Experience Spanish culture first-hand by spending time with
Spanish families and locals, sampling Spanish cuisine and many
other aspects of Spanish daily life.
• Receive an official Certification of Completion from the University
of Alcalá.
* Fee includes meals, lodging, local transportation (airfare not
included), tours, and university sessions. Sessions will be held
in July 2017. Exact dates for sessions will be provided by April
2017. Registration form must be submitted to Santillana USA by
May 2017. For registration details, contact your Santillana USA
educational representative.
NEW
Foreign Language Methods
978-1-61435-582-3
Session participants explore basic principles of foreign
language teaching and learning processes. This session
also familiarizes teachers with the resources available to
enhance the teaching and learning of Spanish as a foreign
language in the secondary classroom, including textbooks
and ancillaries, manipulatives, both controlled Spanish
readers and authentic Spanish language literature,
technology and Internet resources, and teacher-made
materials. Participants learn about, discuss, and model
effective techniques for assessing and evaluating Spanish
as foreign language students in secondary schools.
Metodología de la comprensión lectora y estrategias
para el lector incipiente*
978-1-61435-583-0
This session explains the importance of integrating
reading comprehension with the development of higher
thinking skills. Participants learn and discuss the three
main reading skills students must develop: (1) recognize
the meaning of a word or phrase within the context of
the other ideas presented in the text; (2) identify and
understand basic reading forms (beginning, development,
resolution; reading genres, types of reading selections,
etc.) and (3) identify the relationships between the ideas
presented in a reading selection in order to analyze and
synthesize the information.
* Offered in Spanish