Teaching Context

The teaching context I chose is based on a Spanish classes I taught in an Elementary School in Austin, Texas in the year of 2006. Most of the links and resources will specifically be for young learners in my teaching context but can be modified for other contexts. 

v    The teaching context I have chosen for my work in this class is Spanish. 

v    Spanish would be taught as a foreign language for second and third grade students in an Elementary School in the United States. However, it is important to point out that there is diversity of cultural backgrounds, (some students are from India, China, and Korea, etc…) but all of them speak English.

v    The proficiency level of the target language will be a beginner, though the students have been already exposed to the target language since they have had Spanish instruction since kinder.

v    The students will get forty-five minutes of instruction once a week. There will be about sixteen (16) students in each class.

v     The students’ age would be between 7-9 years old. The language instruction will be given during their regular school days.