Bilingual and ESL Education

The bilingual program supports its candidates’ academic Spanish development in preparation for teaching in Dual Language and Bilingual Education classrooms as well as other professional settings. The A.S.P.I.R.A. (Assessment of Spanish Proficiency Impacting Readiness Achievement) is an approach to strengthening the four modalities of the Spanish language that involve speaking, listening, reading, and writing that supports expanding academic vocabulary, structure and grammar, and conventions of writing.

CATALOG 2019-2020 (AND FUTURE CATALOGS)

StepstoproceedtodevelopAcademic Spanish Language Proficiency

Step 1: Verify Spanish proficiency for each student who must have taken or have CLEP or AP Credit up until SPAN 2311)

Step 2: Take WEBCAPE Exam (see Testing Center)* If student scores a 700 or higher, advisors will be allowed to waive SPAN 2315 Spanish for Heritage Language Speakers.* If the student scores a 699 or lower, advisors will have to enroll the student in SPAN 2315 Spanish for Heritage Language Speakers.

Step 3: Take EDBL  3307  Academic  Spanish  Literacy ( if SPAN 2315 was required, students need to complete the course prior to registering for EDBL 3307 ).

Step 4: Apply for EPP and ASPIRA coordinator - Interviews bilingual teacher candidates.

Step 5: Take EDBL 4318 Teaching Reading, Social Studies, and Music in the DL c classrooms (Students can take EDBL 3307 while taking this course).

Step 6: Take EDBL 4322 Teaching Math, Science, and Art in the DL classroom (Take F field 1 Residency with EDBL 4322 as a Co-Requisite)

Step 7: Take BTLPT Interactive Practice Exam

For any questions, please reach the Bilingual Program Faculty