LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT ISSUES IN PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SCHOOLS IN PUERTO RICO

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The course deals with issues related to the teaching and learning of Spanish and English in Puerto Rico’s public and private schools. The course centers on analytic examination of education paradigms, language teaching methodologies, policies, and practices, as compared to bilingual education models in the United States and in other parts of the world. The course will also examine language teacher education a nd teacher training, in addition to the sociopolitical climate for language teaching on the island.