Course Description:

Development and expansion of listening, reading, speaking and writing; comprehension, idiomatic expressions, and analysis. Varieties of the regional Spanish language, in such features as syntax, usage, structure, and pronunciation. Performance and diagnostic portfolio-based assessment. Includes preparation for New York State bilingual (Spanish-English) certification. This course is oriented towards language heritage and Latina/o/x/e/students who are preparing to work as professionals in Latine/x communities as teachers, lawyers, social workers, and other service professions. Some background and intermediate knowledge of the Spanish language is required. The course is strongly recommended for students in the Bilingual Teacher Education Program in the K-6 (Childhood) sequence. The course is conducted in Spanish. 

Student Learning Outcomes

1. Students will demonstrate knowledge of race, ethnicity, class, gender, (im)migration, diaspora, national origin, intra- and inter-group dynamics, religion, language, and/or sexuality regarding Latinxs, Caribbeans, and/or Latin Americans, inclusive of Afro-Latinx and indigenous populations.
2. Students will demonstrate understanding and fluency in Spanish through reading, writing, and speaking.

Required Readings:

All required and recommended readings are available via our syllabus and course website with links and libraries (children’s and youth literature texts). 

1. We will also be using the Libby App to read texts online for free (download instructions here). 
2. Radio Ambulante Podcast – Sign up for the Radio Ambulante podcast Friday newsletter.
3. Copies of Y si lo logramos by Elisabet Velásquez (Spanish translation) will be provided in class on class session 10 for part three of the course (class sessions 11-13).