Curriculum Development in Secondary Spanish

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This course explores the variables, both societal and institutional, influencing the practice of high school foreign language curriculum design. An overview of how language instruction has evolved will be studied. Topics include the alignment of standards and instructional goals, ACTFL's Standards for Foreign Language Learning, contextualized instruction, and how to design and implement a curriculum based on linguistic functions. Students' final project is a self-designed high school Spanish curriculum informed by the semester's inquiry. Includes 30 hours of fieldwork. 3hr./wk.; 4 cr.