Teaching Spanish to Heritage Speakers
Taught 100% online synchronously each Fall semester
Fall 2024: Taught by Dr. Kim Potowski
Wednesdays, 6:00-8:30 pm, August 28th-December 4th
Open to Spanish teachers around the U.S./world.
If you are not currently a UIC student, please email Dr. Kim Potowski here to indicate your interest in enrolling.
By early June 2024, you will be instructed on how to register as a non-degree student through UIC Online.
Even-numbered years: Taught by Dr. Kim Potowski
Odd-numbered years: Taught by Dr. Angela Betancourt-Ciprián
In this course, taught in Spanish and English, we review principles of bilingual development, Spanish in the U.S., language arts, and critical language awareness in order to understand best practices in teaching Spanish to heritage speakers. In addition to sharing comments on course readings, the class engages in frequent groupwork and materials analysis and creation. Most suitable for high school and postsecondary instructors.
Main textbook: Cultivando jardines: El español para hablantes de herencia by Kim Potowski.
Book should be published by the start of class.
Credit: 3 undergraduate/4 graduate credits.
Prerequisite(s): Junior standing or above and consent of the instructor.
Recommended background: Credit or concurrent registration in SPAN 363, SPAN 448 or SPAN 449.
The course carries 60 PD hours of ISBE PD credit. Non-UIC students pay $540 per credit hour ($2,160 for 4 credits).
