Velazquez Academic Spanish Language Academy Self-Paced Course Development
Understanding the structure and history of the Spanish language empowers educators to teach Spanish language and literacy skills more effectively. The Velázquez Academic Spanish Language Academy for Educators offers courses designed to impact teaching practices immediately. Participants dive into Spanish spelling rules, common mistakes, syllable structure, and the use of accents. They engage in activities that promote foundational literacy skills and develop students’ reading and writing abilities. Sociocultural aspects, including regional variations and historical influences, are also explored.
AUDIENCE:
The Academic Spanish Language Academy for Educators is designed for all educators who teach Spanish language and literacy, and is appropriate for dual language, bilingual, and world language educators. This course might be for you if you:
- teach Spanish in a dual language program, as a foreign language, and/or to native speakers of Spanish; or
- speak Spanish and would like to learn more about why Spanish is the way it is and how it is used in various contexts today; or
- work with Spanish-speaking students in any context.
Self Pace Course Curriculum
- Que significa para ti y tus estudiantes la importancia de aprender el espanol?
- Las academias de la lengua y la ortografia (4:00)
- Quiz: Palabras que frecuentemente se dicen y escriben mal según el RAE
- El instituto Cervantes (0:45)
- El alfabeto (2:48)
- Palabras que frecuentemente ofrecen dudas (1:36)
- Quiz: Homófonos y parónimos
- Homógrafos (0:39)
- Palabras con doble ortografia (0:41)
- Homógrafos, homófonos, y parónimos (0:58)