My Educational Philosophy

The curriculum for my Heritage Speaker courses is designed to refine, perfect and enhance the native Spanish speaker's language skills, which include: speaking, writing, reading, and listening. It emphasizes active communication in Spanish and broadens the student's understanding of the Hispanic culture through the study of authentic text and audio, Spanish literature and art, and history. All learning objectives are planned around the three modes of communication: Interpersonal, Interpretive, and Presentational. By year five or six we merge Heritage and non-Heritage speakers to provide the best immersion experience possible.