Methods and Techniques of Teaching Spanish for Adolescent Students

Catalog description

This course focuses on teaching Spanish for communicative proficiency. The goals are to assist the teacher candidates to master the strategies and resources necessary to teach the four skills: listening, speaking, reading and writing so that the students will be able to use Spanish for communication as well as develop cross-cultural skills and understanding. Remedial and enrichment techniques will be discussed. A practical and theoretical framework for foreign language acquisition at the middle and high school level will be presented with special emphasis on lesson planning and teaching strategies.