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Paul D. Miller; Michael A. Mills – Teaching and Learning Excellence through Scholarship, 2022
In this article, Montgomery College discusses the adoption of H5P, a free and open-source content collaboration framework based on JavaScript that was used in substitute paid practice opportunities for students in Spanish 101 and 102. Utilizing a participatory action research model, three faculty and 47 students collaborated to inform the design,…
Descriptors: Open Education, Open Educational Resources, Technology Uses in Education, Educational Technology
Davaslioglu, Thania Muñoz; Lizarazo, Tania – Journal of Community Engagement and Higher Education, 2022
In this article, we explore digital storytelling as a community-engaged pedagogy to create students' immigration stories in Maryland as part of the project "Intercultural Tales: Learning with Maryland's Immigrant Communities." Stories highlight students' lived experiences of immigration, language, and identity. By envisioning themselves…
Descriptors: Story Telling, Community Involvement, Teaching Methods, Immigrants
Moreno-López, Isabel – NECTFL Review, 2015
The goal of this study is to analyze the implication of integrating activities driven from critical pedagogy into the curriculum of a Spanish language classroom using a critical ethnographic research methodology. The activities used in this course were out-of-class activities, multicultural activities, analyses of written and visual texts…
Descriptors: Integrated Activities, Integrated Curriculum, Spanish, Critical Theory
Sherman, Judy; Torres-Crespo, Marisel N. – Kappa Delta Pi Record, 2015
Capitalizing on preschoolers' inherent enthusiasm and capacity for learning, the authors developed and implemented a dual-language program to enable young children to experience diversity and multiculturalism by learning two new languages: Spanish and American Sign Language. Details of the curriculum, findings, and strategies are shared.
Descriptors: American Sign Language, Spanish, Preschool Children, Bilingual Education
Christine M. Leider; C. Patrick Proctor; Rebecca D. Silverman – Grantee Submission, 2014
The goal of this study was to examine written translation as a means to: a) build on the theoretical notion that a bilingual individual's languages are shared; b) operationalize biliterate ability; and c) propose a new method of assessment for culturally and linguistically diverse students. Drawing from the fields of cognitive psychology and…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Translation, Written Language, Spanish
Colombo, Laura – Journal of International Students, 2014
It is late at night, after working all day on her postdoctoral research Laura Colombo is trying to wind down while drawing and jotting down thoughts in her notebook. She is in the living room/office of her apartment in Buenos Aires, the city where she was born and left when she was 26 years old to pursue her graduate studies in the United States…
Descriptors: Epistemology, Researchers, Study Abroad, Graduate Study
Ebacher, Colleen – Hispania, 2013
Greater interest from students, universities, and communities has increased pressure on faculty to design and implement service-learning courses. Often with no prior experience and limited institutional and programmatic guidance, faculty must make their way through a growing body of literature on service-learning. This article presents a novice…
Descriptors: Spanish, Service Learning, Novices, Translation
Alvarez, Patricia Lynn – ProQuest LLC, 2011
The purpose of this study was to explore Latina students' identity as Latina first-generation college students. Constructivist grounded theory (Charmaz, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006) was used to explore two research questions: (a) For Latina students who are the first in their family to go to college, what is their understanding of being a Latina…
Descriptors: Parent Background, Educational Attainment, Higher Education, First Generation College Students
Thomas, William R. – Southern Regional Education Board (SREB), 2009
As the 21st century's first decade draws to a close, America's public school students are participating in online academic classes in increasingly large numbers. More than one million K-12 public school students took online courses in the 2007-2008 school year, according to an estimate in a recent Sloan Consortium survey. This represents a 47…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Public Schools, Elementary Secondary Education, Online Courses
Morett, Laura – Online Submission, 2007
A mini-lesson in Spanish vocabulary was taught to undergraduates unfamiliar with the language using one of two predominant L2 teaching methodologies, the grammar-translation approach or the communicative approach. Both experimental groups showed significant improvement in learning the target language over the baseline measure set by the control…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Spanish, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
KENNEDY, DORA F. – 1961
FOUR TYPES OF VISUAL AIDS ARE DISCUSSED--(1) FILMS, (2) FILMSTRIPS, (3) SLIDES WITH OR WITHOUT NARRATIVE TAPES OR DISCS, AND (4) TAPES AND DISCS WITHOUT VISUAL MATERIALS. LESSONS USING VISUAL AIDS SHOULD BE PLANNED AS CAREFULLY AS ANY OTHER LESSON. CHILDREN SHOULD NOT ACQUIRE THE ATTITUDE THAT THEY ARE BEING ENTERTAINED. FOREIGN LANGUAGE MATERIAL…
Descriptors: Audiolingual Methods, Audiovisual Aids, Audiovisual Instruction, Films
Maryland State Dept. of Education, Baltimore. – 2003
To raise the achievement of every student in the state, Maryland implemented "Achievement Matters Most," a new plan for public elementary and secondary schools that sets goals in the areas of achievement, teaching, testing, safety, and family involvement in schools. This Spanish-language guide for parents outlines the goals and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Change Strategies, Educational Change, Educational Improvement
Medvitz, James A. – 1975
This document reports on a workshop held to develop the curriculum for a foreign language appreciation program. The first chapter discusses the general educational concerns in preparing a FLA curriculum: course content, the student, and the foreign language teacher. Cultural appreciation is the dominant theme and the rationale for the FLA program.…
Descriptors: Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Activities, Cultural Awareness, Cultural Education
Kennedy, Dora F.; And Others – 1975
The guide focuses on a rationale for exploratory foreign language courses in middle or junior high school, and on the goals and objectives for such courses. An exploratory course may serve a number of purposes regardless of whether or not a pupil elects a foreign language at a later time. These purposes include: (1) acquainting pupils with a…
Descriptors: Career Awareness, Career Education, Cultural Awareness, Cultural Interrelationships
Davis, Diane Talley, Ed.; And Others – 1995
This bibliography resulted from an investigation into the process and feasibility of developing an annotated bibliography of educational materials available in languages other than English. Materials were obtained from California, Illinois, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Mexico, Ohio, and the District of Columbia. Forty-two…
Descriptors: American Sign Language, Annotated Bibliographies, Cambodian, Caregiver Role