SPAN 551: Special Topics in Spanish

SPAN 551-DL1: Critical Apprchs Tchng Hispani
(Fall 2019)

Online

Section Information for Fall 2019

SPAN 551-002: Critical Approaches to Teaching Hispanic Literature and Culture. DL

How can literature, film and other cultural practices be used in the Spanish classroom? As teachers, we often understand intuitively that literature, film and art offer windows onto the rich and diverse Spanish-speaking world, but we need strategies for building students’ encounters with texts and cultural artefacts into our language lessons. This online course introduces critical approaches to teaching literature and culture across the K-12 Spanish curriculum, including in bilingual, heritage Spanish and mixed (heritage and non-native) classrooms. We will focus on how critical perspectives that locate texts and other artefacts in social and historical processes can guide students towards understanding the key role that culture plays in the construction of social identity. Our students’ critical thinking on culture as a vehicle for agency and empowerment in their own lives is an allied focus in the course. Teachers and prospective teachers will develop strategies in task-based, technology-enhanced and differentiated learning for integrating a range of cultural practices into their Spanish-language lessons, including short stories, mural art, contemporary film, radio podcasts, television series, and popular music. 

SPAN 551 DL1 is a distance education section.

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Course Information from the University Catalog

Credits: 3

Special studies in Spanish or Latin American language, literature, or culture. Specific topics are announced in advance. Notes: May be repeated for credit with permission of department. May be repeated within the term.
Specialized Designation: Topic Varies
Registration Restrictions:

Enrollment limited to students with a class of Advanced to Candidacy, Graduate, Junior Plus, Non-Degree or Senior Plus.

Enrollment is limited to Graduate, Non-Degree or Undergraduate level students.

Students in a Non-Degree Undergraduate degree may not enroll.

Schedule Type: Lec/Sem #1, Lec/Sem #2, Lec/Sem #3, Lec/Sem #4, Lec/Sem #5, Lec/Sem #6, Lec/Sem #7, Lec/Sem #8, Lec/Sem #9, Lecture, Sem/Lec #10, Sem/Lec #11, Sem/Lec #12, Sem/Lec #13, Sem/Lec #14, Sem/Lec #15, Sem/Lec #16, Sem/Lec #17, Sem/Lec #18
Grading:
This course is graded on the Graduate Regular scale.

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