SPAN 425 - Spanish Language Teaching and Learning

Units: 3
Three hours lecture per week
Prerequisite: SPAN 315 , SPAN 415 , or consent of instructor
Description: This course provides an overview of current theoretical and applied approaches for the teaching and learning of Spanish in a variety of contexts, including monolingual and bilingual classrooms. Topics include the multiple dimensions of communicative competence, processes that affect language acquisition, bilingualism, language attitudes, and pedagogical practices that promote language acquisition. Students will apply current language teaching techniques to reflect on themselves as learners and teachers and to begin to develop their own teaching practice.
Graded: Letter Grade