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 3300 or SPAN 3313 or departmental approval. Can be taken concurrently.

Schedule Type

Lecture

Grading Basis

Standard Letter (A-F)

Administrative Unit

Department of Spanish

Offered

As scheduled