Biliteracy in the Teaching Profession

Catalog description

The course promotes language proficiency through learning scenarios designed to prepare bilingual teachers to use formal academic Spanish in bilingual and dual language instruction. This course is intended to provide students with a fundamental understanding of Spanish listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills and opportunities to apply this knowledge to become competent users of Spanish for academic purposes. Class prepares students to take the BTLPT Bilingual Target Language Proficiency Test--Spanish (TExES #190), required for the bilingual certification. Prerequisites: Requires admission to the Educator Preparation Program.