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METHODS OF TEACHING SPANISH K-12
This course, taught fully in Spanish, introduces students to a variety of second language teaching methodologies and their evolution as a result of world events and their impact on research in the field of second language acquisition. Emphasis is placed on the understanding and implementation of communicative methods of language teaching, the design and development of content-related thematic units based on the New Jersey standards for world language teaching, the ACTFL guidelines, and Standards for the 21st century. The use of technology and integrated performance assessment will be included in the course.
Prerequisite:
Prerequisite 261 or equivalent or permission of the department.
Learning Goals:
In accordance with our Department Learning Goals, http://span-port.rutgers.edu/learning-goals, students in this course will improve their interpretive, interpersonal and presentational skills. They will be exposed to a large quantity of historical and practical information from a variety of textual and online sources that will be introduced by the instructor, as well as by the students themselves, and presented for discussion in pairs or small groups. The vocabulary of educational research and design will be introduced and used in context in addition to high frequency vocabulary on every topic customarily found in the instruction of novice and intermediate level learners. Students will be expected to design and demonstrate their potential for implementing a standards-based thematic unit on a topic of their choice for a target audience at the novice-mid proficiency level.
Method of Evaluation:
Consistent, active participation of each student is expected, as it is integral to the learning process and constitutes a significant part of the final grade. In addition to a mid-term and the final thematic unit described above, each student will be expected to demonstrate their ability to design and implement individual activities that appeal to the multiple intelligences of their target audience and could be used in teaching their students to develop their interpretive, interpersonal and presentational communication skills.
Required Texts:
Languages and Children: Making the Match. 4th ed. Helena Curtain and Carol Ann Dahlberg. Pearson, 2010.
