Publication Date
3-1-2003
Abstract
This article describes the experience of our college-level Spanish students who stepped out of their campus classrooms and into elementary school libraries, corridors, and classrooms to develop an exchange program. Chase Street Elementary School, like many other elementary schools in Athens, Georgia, has a large Hispanic student population composed mostly of recent immigrants with limited English proficiency. This experience served not only the Hispanic community of Athens, but our college students as well. Our students contribute to the reduction of the language barrier that separates teachers from students and their families, and, at the same time, they have the unique opportunity to practice their language skills outside the classroom setting when they are directly exposed to native speakers of the target language. An experience of this type serves as a model to help teachers bring cultural connections into the curriculum.
Recommended Citation
Kaplan, Betina and Pérez-Gamboa, Teresa
(2003)
"Stepping Out of the Classroom to Increase Spanish Language Skills and Cultural Awareness,"
Dimensions: Vol. 38, Article 3.
Available at:
https://digitalcommons.kennesaw.edu/dimensions/vol38/iss1/3