Bilingual Course Kits

Description

The bilingual course kits are available in two formats. As a Hispanic Serving Institution (HSI), the purpose of both formats is to uplift students' multilingual identities in the virtual learning environment. Each kit is explained below. 

Simultaneous Bilingual Starter Kit

This simultaneous kit is for use in any course. This version of the starter kit has simultaneous translations. The course banners, major headings, and general directions in the Canvas modules are in both English and Spanish. In order to help make the languages clearly distinct for the reader, English text is in black, and Spanish text is in dark red. This kit is designed so that all instructors, including those that may not speak Spanish, can utilize them in any course. With this kit, native Spanish speakers can see their primary language represented in Canvas across content areas and disciplines.

Sequential Bilingual Starter Kit

This sequential starter kit contains Spanish translations separate from the English. In this way, the English is easily deleted, so that only the Spanish appears. This version of the kit was designed for use in courses that are taught completely in Spanish, such as courses in the Spanish and  Global Studies Departments, as well as courses in the School of Educaiton that help teacher candidates meet the requirements for the Bilingual Authorization. This kit clearly centers native Spanish speaking students’ funds of knowledge. 

In both cases, with the Bilingual Starter Kits students have opportunities to see their linguistic repertoire represented in institutional platforms.

Resources to Explore

• "Servingness" Through Culturally Sustaining Learning Design

• Tara J. Yosso (2005) Whose culture has capital? A critical race theory discussion of community cultural wealth, Race Ethnicity and Education, 8:1, 69-91, DOI: 10.1080/1361332052000341006