Spanish, Minor - Teaching - EC-A
Early Childhood/Adolescence, Teaching (Code 320-407)
Information for all Spanish Majors and Minors
All Spanish majors and minors in any of the emphases offered must complete an appropriate period of language immersion in residence in a country in which the language is spoken, or participate in an alternative language immersion experience that must be approved by the Spanish section. The minimum time period for meeting the residence/immersion requirement is six weeks; however, the Spanish section recommends that students spend at least one semester abroad.
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| A minimum of 24 semester credits beyond SPAN 102, or 16 semester credits beyond SPAN 202, including: | ||
| SPAN 301 | Conversation and Composition I | 4 |
| SPAN 302 | Conversation and Composition II | 3 |
| SPAN 405 | Advanced Conversation | 3 |
| Students may earn at least 6 credits from any other SPAN upper division courses. | ||
| Additional required courses | 7-8 | |
| FLG 378 | Second Language Acquisition Theory | 3 |
| ES 366 | World Language Methods for Secondary Teaching | 2-3 |
| ES 437 | World Language Methods for Early and Middle Childhood | 2 |
| Language Immersion Requirement 1 | ||
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Language Immersion Requirement: All majors and minors who wish to be certified to teach a language other than English must complete an appropriate period of language immersion in residence in a country in which the language is spoken, or provide an alternative language immersion experience that must be approved by the Department. The minimum time period for meeting the residence/immersion requirement is six weeks. However, the Department of Languages recommends that students spend at least one semester abroad.
| Minors | Code | Prescribed Methods Course | Additional Requirement | Praxis II ACTFL Content TEst Required |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spanish | 320-407 | ES 366 (F) and ES 437 (Sp) | Only with F Lg major | WPT and OPI or OPIc |
Program Learning Outcomes
Students completing this program will be expected to meet the following learning outcomes:
- Engage in interpersonal communication on a variety of topics of a personal, public, and professional nature.
- Understand and interpret written and spoken language and visual images on a variety of topics of a personal, public, and professional nature.
- Present information, concepts, and ideas to an audience of listeners or readers on a variety of topics of a personal, public, and professional nature.
- Demonstrate an awareness and knowledge of practices, products and perspectives related to the target culture(s) in spoken, written, and visual forms.
- Connect and integrate their language study with other disciplines and communities for academic and social purposes.
- Use critical and creative thinking to evaluate and address issues in local and global contexts.
- Demonstrate knowledge and appropriate use of current pedagogical issues and practices that are pertinent to the field of second language acquisition.