Spanish Language and Literacy

Catalog description

This course provides a comprehensive examination of the principles and practices necessary for fostering bilingualism and biliteracy among students. Specifically, candidates will learn to design bilingual and biliteracy learning experiences supported by developmental linguistic processes (e.g., cross-linguistic transfer, contrastive analysis, and translanguaging). This course also emphasizes the cultivation of advanced Spanish language proficiency for the purpose of nurturing the development of literacy and content knowledge in both languages.