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REACH Web site, a Web-based resource for the teaching of Spanish and Hispanic and Latino cultures to heritage Spanish speakers, under development by the NFLC and AATSP. www.eric.ed.gov ERIC Custom Transformations Team Page 2 of 8 ED464516 2002-05-00 Selecting Materials To Teach Spanish to Spanish Speakers. ERIC Digest.
Researchers have found that the languages used in instruc-tion influence early literacy and language growth rates in English and in Spanish (Collins, 2014; Durán et al., 2013). Several researchers have compared the effects of English-only instruction with instructional models that include some instruction in Spanish.
Spanish language classroom is to develop cultural awareness and to help learners become cross-culturally competent in a society where Spanish speakers is the fastest growing minority group (Walsh, 1996). Critical pedagogy helps to examine the teacher and students’ perceptions of language study and the development of
In this paper, we discuss the benefits of using online translators in the foreign language classroom. Specifically, we discuss how faulty online translator output can be used to create activities that help raise metalinguistic awareness of second language grammar and of the differences between grammatical constructions in the first and second language, which can help with the language learning ...
This study gathered data on Spanish public school teachers' use of existing technologies to teach culture. A questionnaire gathered data on teacher background, use of technology, competence to teach culture, the inclusion of culture courses in degree programs, and courses on teaching culture.
Center for the Study of Teaching and Policy: Reports and research on efforts to improve teacher quality and learning. Ways that leaders, policymakers, and teacher developers can support teachers' work. GO > Center for Alternative Certification: Provides information and answers to questions about alternative routes to becoming a teacher in the U ...
Teachers trained to teach Spanish as a foreign language to English speakers found themselves teaching classes in which an increasing percentage or even a majority of the students were not the traditional foreign language learners that the teachers were trained to teach (Draper & Hicks, 2000). In some cases, the Hispanic students were more ...
Below are several examples, with emphasis added. To be able to speak, read, and write in more than one langugage (sic). The ability to speak, write, [and] read in more than one language. To be bilingual is to know, comprehend, and expereince (sic) two or more languages. To read, write, and speak 2 or more languages.