SPAN 4370 Teaching Spanish as a Heritage Language

This course is an introduction to the field of heritage language education with a focus on teaching Spanish to heritage language learners (HLL). It offers an overview of the fundamental issues that are related to this field, such as heritage language maintenance and development, socio-cultural issues, language variation in the Spanish-speaking world as well as characteristics of English/Spanish bilingualism in the United States. Taught in Spanish.

Credits

3

Prerequisite

SPAN 2313, SPAN 2315, SPAN 3300, SPAN 3301, SPAN 4310, SPAN 4315. Senior Standing in BA Spanish Major. May be taken concurrently with SPAN 4310 and/or SPAN 4315.

Schedule Type

Lecture

Grading Basis

Standard Letter (A-F)

Administrative Unit

Dept of Writing & Language Stu

Offered

As scheduled