Texas Spanish in Texas Schools: Do you speak your students' language?
CBA Events Room (3.304) The University of Texas at Austin June 23, 2012
Texas leads the nation in the percentage of its residents who speak Spanish at home, but not everyone in Texas speaks Spanish the same way. This workshop will help educators to understand the origins of such variation and how a focus on language as it is actually spoken can enhance the classroom experience. Using authentic video samples from the Spanish in Texas Corpus project, workshop participants will collaborate in creating activities to promote student interest in their own and others’ language practices.
| 9:30 - 10:00 |
Check in and Coffee |
| 10:00 - 10:15 |
Introductions and Welcome Dr. Barbara E. Bullock and Dr. Almeida Jacqueline Toribio |
| 10:15 - 10:45 |
Appreciating linguistic differences: Spanish in Texas Dr. José Esteban Hernández |
| 10:45 - 11:15 |
Appreciating individual differences: heritage learners in the classroom Patricia González |
| 11:15 - 11:45 |
Break-out Activity: Texas Spanish in Texas schools: Linguistic variation and challenges |
| 11:45 - 12:00 |
Morning Wrap-up and Q & A |
| 12:00 - 1:00 |
Lunch Lunch provided for all registered participants. |
| 1:00 - 1:15 |
Comments from the Director Dr. Carl Blyth |
| 1:15 - 1:30 |
Applications for materials development Rachael Gilg |
| 1:30 - 2:15 |
Breakout sessions: Practice with materials development |
| 2:15 - 2:45 |
Sharing materials |
| 2:45 - 3:00 |
The way forward—how to stay involved Christian Greaser Rachael Gilg |
