Texas leads the nation in the percentage of its residents who speak Spanish at home, but not everyone in Texas speaks Spanish the same way. This workshop will help educators to understand the origins of such avariation and how a focus on language as it is actually spoken can enhance the classroom experience. Using authentic video samples from the Spanish in Texas Corpus project, workshop participants will collaborate in creating activities to promote students interest in their own and others’ language practices.
- Introductions and Welcome
Dr. Barbara E. Bullock and Dr. Almeida Jacqueline Toribio
Directors of the Spanish in Texas Corpus Project, UT-Austin
- Appreciating linguistic differences: Spanish in Texas
Dr. José Esteban Hernández
Associate Professor of Spanish Linguistics, UT-Pan American
- Appreciating individual differences: heritage learners in the classroom
Patricia González
Adjunct Faculty, Texas A&M International University and Ph.D. candidate in Hispanic Linguistics, Texas A&M University
- Comments from the Director
Dr. Carl Blyth
Director of the Center for Open Educational Resources & Language Learning (COERLL), UT-Austin
- Applications for materials development
Rachael Gilg
COERLL Projects Manager, UT-Austin
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