BILA 500 - Methods and Materials in Spanish Bilingual Classrooms

Prerequisites
Fluency with oral and written Spanish is required, at least at ACTFL intermediate-high level.

This course prepares bilingual teacher candidates to apply research and theory on bilingual language and literacy development to support the language, literacy, and content learning of emergent multilingual students in Spanish bilingual classrooms. Candidates are introduced to the history of bilingual education in California and the goals, opportunities, and challenges of different bilingual program models. They learn how to leverage both languages and create interdisciplinary instruction that integrates content learning and language and literacy development in both Spanish and English. This course is taught primarily in Spanish. Prerequisites: Fluency with oral and written Spanish is required, at least at ACTFL intermediate-high level. This course supports bilingual teacher candidates to apply learning from BILA 501: Methods and Materials in Spanish Bilingual Classrooms in their own teaching practice. Teacher candidates will be supported to engage in an inquiry process over the semester. Candidates will identify a focal student and use formative and summative assessment to learn about their language and literacy abilities in both Spanish and English. Based on this assessment analysis, candidates will engage in a series of three lesson cycles to support their focal student’s learning-designing instruction, teaching, video recording lessons, and analyzing their recordings and formative assessment data to inform their subsequent instruction. Finally, they will reflect on their focal student’s learning over time and on their own learning as educators. This course is taught bilingually in Spanish and English.

Course credits: 3