SPAN
674
Teaching Hispanic Culture
Hours
3.0 Credit, 3 Lecture, 0 Lab
Semester
Fall
Methods of researching and teaching Hispanic culture.
Discuss relationship between language and culture learning
Discuss the relationship between language and culture and the role of culture learning in a second language class.
Discuss culture learning models and research
Discuss different models of culture learning and summarize current research on culture teaching, learning, and assessment.
Implement culture learning techniques
Select and use appropriate techniques for helping students learn about Hispanic cultures and about their own culture.
Evaluate textbooks
Evaluate and supplement the cultural content of Spanish textbooks.
Assess culture learning
Select and use appropriate techniques for assessing culture learning.
Reflect on own culture
Reflect on oneself as a productof a particular culture and as a second culture learner and teacher.