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MAYMESTER: LANGUAGE AND CULTURE- UNDERSTANDING THE BILINGUAL/ ESL CLASSROOM IN PUERTO RICO

 

The Puerto Rico Maymester will provide an overview of theoretical and practical perspectives on language, culture, art, and history as it applies to education on the island. Students will explore principles of bilingualism, language varieties, social conventions, and culturally relevant materials. The focus of the course is to prepare pre-service teachers to best meet the linguistic and academic needs of bilingual/English learner (EL) students in the K-12 classroom.

MAYMESTER: LANGUAGE AND CULTURE- UNDERSTANDING THE BILINGUAL/ ESL CLASSROOM IN PUERTO RICO Image

Area(s) of Study

  • Applied Learning And Developme
  • Curriculum And Instruction
  • Foreign Language Education
  • Spanish
  • Cultural Studies
  • English As A Second Language
  • Language Teaching And Coordina
  • Writing

Program information above is subject to change