TEACHING IN MULTICULTURAL ENVIROMENTS

Catalog description

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