SPA 353 - Spanish for Teaching

Semester Hours: 3
This course introduces students to how to teach elementary Spanish. The course has been designed to prepare students to learn and practice how to create lesson plans, teaching activities, develop teaching materials, develop assessment instruments, incorporate technology in language instruction, and conduct research in the classroom. To do so successfully, the course explores a variety of second language acquisition methodological theories and pedagogical practices in order to be implemented in the classroom. The course is also intended to help students to raise awareness on their own learning processes.

Pre-requisites: SPA 202 - Intermediate Spanish II, SPA 203 - Spanish for Heritage & Bilingual Speakers III or above, or consent.

Offered: odd years.