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Beginner Spanish I for School Faculty/Staff is a self-guided online program for TRUE BEGINNERS of Spanish.
While the learning objectives of the course have been designed in relation to full engagement in the course, participants can choose to engage in some or all of the content based on their time availability & language-learning goals.
The 6-week program incorporates approximately 20 hours of contact time through engagement in weekly modules including virtual (synchronous) sessions and self-directed online (asynchronous) learning and practical activities:
Weekly 1-hour virtual sessions with instructor
NEW! Weekly 1-hour conversation sessions with facilitators
Virtual sessions are designed on a scaffolded model, but participants can drop in re: their availability
MONDAYS, 4 - 5 pm
No class on April 18th
Learning Class
https://umass-amherst.zoom.us/j/97996664642
Course Instructor: Claudia Matachana
NEW starting in Semana 3
WEDNESDAYS, 4-5 pm
Conversation session, 100% Spanish
ZOOM LINK
Session facilitators: Team of UMass Spanish speakers
Self-guided learning & practical activities
Weekly modules are designed on a scaffolded model, but participants can engage based on time & learning goals
Scaffolded weekly modules including learning & practical activities
2-3 hours of self-guided engagement per week
The learning objectives of the course assume full engagement in weekly modules, including virtual sessions:
Oral and written expression:
> Pronunciation of Spanish vocalic and consonantal sounds, and how to decode the written forms of these sounds
Basic interactive expressions for relationship development in a school setting:
> Greetings and personal introductions (saying/asking name, saying/asking how people are feeling)
> Location of places and things in the school
Vocabulary and grammar for basic school interactions and routines:
> Areas and objects of school & classroom
> Numbers, colors, common descriptive adjectives
> Use of SER - ESTAR - HAY, present tense
Sociocultural topics for a Spanish-English bilingual/bicultural educational environment:
> Translanguaging and the typical communicative behavior of a bilingual / ELL learner
> Awareness of the regional dialectal features of our community, especially 2nd person forms (tú, vos, usted, etc)
> Awareness of the difference between grammatical and sociocultural gender, and current practices in bilingual communities
Teachers who would like to use this course towards receiving 15 PDP credits will log their hours, and complete a final application in collaboration with other teachers and/or course coordinators.
Please find information about logging hours and completing a final application project HERE.
BEFORE BEGINNING: Setting your keyboard to insert Spanish accents and diacritics
Many of the activities that we will do will require you to insert an accent mark (á, é, ü, etc) or other diacritic (ñ, ¿, ¡) to get the "right answer", and we should always aim to use appropriate accents and diacritics in our formal communications in Spanish.
If you are using a computer, you can follow the videos here to see how to set "SPANISH" as one of your languages, and toggle back and forth between an English and Spanish keyboard
NOTE: There are often many dialects to select from....the easiest is to select "Spanish: Latin America" or "Spanish: Spain" and then find where the accents are for that system on your keyboard.
If you are working on a tablet or mobile device, you can usually hold down the letter and accented options will appear to select.
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