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Professional Development
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT SESSIONS
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
Maximum of 35 participants $3,500.00
Each additional participant $50.00
FOR MORE INFORMATION:
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 firsthand 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 2018. Exact dates for
sessions will be provided by April 2018. Registration
form must be submitted to Santillana USA by May 2018.
For registration details, contact your Santillana USA
educational representative.
Online sessions also available.
Contact our PD department to
learn more.