LaProfeGuay
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San Antonio, Texas, United States
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After teaching Spanish at university level for over 20 years, I decided to explore teaching at Middle School level (since my own kids were moving to that level and the DUAL program in my area was growing exponentially). Many of my students now are heritage speakers, with knowledge of the language, but not as much of the culture it comes from. They are an interesting bunch. For them, I often create movie viewing guides with questions to follow and improve comprehension.
Here I also have materials that I created for younger kids that I tutored and were developing their reading skills in Spanish. These materials worked very well for my students, and I hope they will for you too.
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Reflection essay -for end of cycle celebration of bilingual program -in English
Are you ready to create a long-lasting memory for your students who are finishing their bilingual program? This reflection essay guides the students to think of the reasons why their parents chose this path for them and makes them realize their growth. It is not only a class exercise, but also an experience that they will remember and will make them proud of their bilingualism and of their community. Here you will find +10 slides of how this project developed little by little in my class (from b
5th - 12th, Higher Education
Latino and Hispanic Studies, Other (World Language), Writing-Essays
Reflection essay -for end of cycle celebration of bilingual program -Spanish
Are you ready to create a long-lasting memory for your students who are finishing their bilingual program? This reflection essay guides the students to think of the reasons why their parents chose this path for them and makes them realize their growth. It is not only a class exercise, but also an experience that they will remember and will make them proud of their bilingualism and of their community. Here you will find +10 slides of how this project developed little by little in my class (from b
5th - 12th, Higher Education
Latino and Hispanic Studies, Spanish, Writing-Essays
Prepare a great celebration for your graduating (bilingual) class/ end of cycle.
At the end of the cycle (be it in 5th, 8th, or 12th), there are celebrations that we choose to do more special/ more personalized -or not. Last year, we did our first ever celebration for the 8th graders who had been in dual/ bilingual program since kinder. It was a difficult task to begin this tradition and that is why I think it should be shared. Here I describe all our thinking process, what worked, what didn't and the great outcome we got. I think it needs to be replicated as often as possib
5th - 12th, Higher Education
Classroom Community, Latino and Hispanic Studies, Other (World Language)
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Experience
After teaching Spanish at university level for over 20 years, I decided to explore teaching at Middle School level (since my own kids were moving to that level and the DUAL program in my area was growing exponentially). Many of my students now are heritage speakers, with knowledge of the language, but not as much of the culture it comes from. They are an interesting bunch. For them, I often create movie viewing guides with questions to follow and improve comprehension.
Here I also have materials that I created for younger kids that I tutored and were developing their reading skills in Spanish. These materials worked very well for my students, and I hope they will for you too.
Teaching style
My teaching style is communicative. I teach Spanish guided towards real communication (spoken and written). In order to do that, I teach the rules of grammar, expose them to ample vocabulary, and ask them to create sentences with the elements given, as quickly as I can. I also try to expose them to elements of the Spanish speaking culture that may be less known (but probably useful when they get to the AP exam).
When it comes to elementary school, my experience is tutoring mostly English speaking kids, placed in dual classes, who need to develop strategies to learn reading in their weakest language, or comprehension through vocabulary development and usage. Again, in this setting, my method proves to be guided towards communication.
My own education history
BA in English Literature - University of Granada (Spain)
MA in Latin American Literature, with minor in World Language Teaching strategies (Pedagogy) - University of Delaware
PhD in Spanish Literature (Post Franco Novels) - University of Texas at Austin
Additional biographical information
After teaching as TA in UD, and AI in UT, I taught in two other institutions: Texas Lutheran University and Texas State University.
I looked for the way to get my teaching certification (Spanish 6-12) as soon as it was clear that weapons were going to be allowed inside my classes (in all state universities in TX). I did not feel safe.
Since I had been a volunteer at my kids' elementary school, and tutored several of their classmates, I knew I could teach that crowd.
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