Summer Workshop | New Perspectives and Techniques for Teaching Spanish as a Heritage Language (SHL)

Heritage Spanish instructors of all levels (K-12, higher ed) are welcome to attend this series of mini-workshops led by faculty from Texas A&M, Texas A&M Commerce, Houston Baptist, UT Rio Grande Valley, UT Austin and Baylor. 

• Sociolinguistics approaches to SHL for grammar and vocabulary development – José Esteban Hernández (UTRGV) & Flavia Belpoliti (Texas A&M Commerce)
• Orthography as a thermometer in the SHL classroom – Encarna Bermejo (Houston Baptist University)
• Communicating ideas through language: a language arts and metalinguistic approach for teaching SHL – Delia Montesinos (UT Austin)
• Challenges and strategies to create a Heritage Spanish program – Karen López Alonzo & Alex McNair (Baylor University)
• De Viva Voz: Podcasting, storytelling, and identity in the Spanish heritage classroom – María Irene Moyna (Texas A&M)
• The use of technology in the SHL Classroom: Some apps to create multimodal activities and projects – Yanina Hernández (UTRGV)
• Undergraduate Student Panel – Moderator: Jocelly Meiners (UT Austin)
• Graduate Student Poster Presentations

See the full schedule and workshop descriptions here

Cost: $50 for faculty and teachers, $20 for graduate students (breakfast and lunch included on the first day, breakfast included on the second day). 

Useful links

• Register for the workshop
• View videos and resources from past workshops
• Information about maps, parking, and lodging