Synopses & Reviews
Volume 2 of the AATSP Professional Development Series is meant to anticipate and address questions and concerns of foreign language educators as they work to implement the new standards. In it, the contributing authors point out the current state of the art in the language teaching that are already in line with the standards, and they delineate and demonstrate the changes that are necessary to fully integrate the five C's in learning and teaching Spanish, planning curricula and lessons, and assessing the results. The purpose of this volume is to breach the gap between the standards and actual practices within Spanish classrooms.
Synopsis
Heinle is pleased and honored to announce its partnership with the American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese (AATSP) in publishing this handbook series. The goal of the series is to provide instructors with the latest research on individual topics, so that you can focus on the issues of greatest concern to you and your program. The handbooks will form the core materials at a series of workshops related to these topics, to be held at the national AATSP conference as well as at various regional conferences throughout the country.
About the Author
Professor Guntermann is a Professor of Spanish at Arizona State University and Associate Chair of the department.
Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION. Gail Guntermann, Arizona State University. 1. CREATING A STANDARDS-BASED CURRICULUM. Paul Sandrock, Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction. 2. CONTENT OF THE STANDARDS-BASED CURRICULM. Donna Reseigh Long, The Ohio State University. 3. INSTRUCTION: LINKING CURRICULM AND ASSESSMENT TO THE STANDARDS. Myriam Met, Montgomery County Public Schools, Rockville, Maryland. 4. THE STANDARDS-BASED CLASSROOM AND ASSESSMENT: THE PROOF IS IN THE PUDDING. Greg Duncan, InterPrep, Inc. 5. HERITAGE LEARNERS OF SPANISH. Ana Roca, Florida International University. 6. USING TECHNOLOGY TO ADDRESS THE SPANISH STANDARDS. Jean W. LeLoup, SUNY Cortland. 7. THE STANDARDS AND THE UNIVERSITY SPANISH/PORTUGUESE CURRICULM. Frank W. Medley, Jr., West Virginia University. Carmen C. Tesser, University of Georgia. 8. FACTORS THAT AFFECT THE IMPLEMENATION OF THE STANDARDS. Martha Singer Semmer, Chair, AATSP Public Advocacy Committee. APPENDIX A: STANDARDS FOR LEARNING SPANISH. APPENDIX B: SELECTED ADDITIONAL RESOURCES.