SNHU and Idioma Education & Consulting

Course Description:

This course will explore a variety of cultural aspects of the Spanish-speaking world through thematic units and global themes.  The focus of this course is for in service Spanish teachers to practice their own speaking skills in both the synchronous virtual setting (1 hour per week for 6 weeks) and the asynchronous virtual setting via a variety of instructional technology applications.  The course uses a variety of authentic texts - literature, video, music - allowing participants to practice their language skills while developing strategies to enhance conversation at a variety of proficiency levels in their own classrooms. Conducted in Spanish, as a language immersion experience.

SNHU Course Code: PDLL 555ID

Course Description:

Using explanatory text and practical exercises, this graduate course provides a comprehensive review of Spanish grammar, targeting problem areas of grammar for many advanced learners. Designed for students preparing for licensure exams, teachers preparing to teach advanced levels, as well as native speakers of Spanish charged with teaching advanced grammar concepts. The course offers a collaborative environment to share tips and best practices on how to teach these difficult concepts. It focuses on challenging grammar areas, such as:

• pronouns and their uses
• distinctions between ser/estar and preterite/imperfect
• intricacies of relative clauses and relative pronouns
• comparative constructions • adjective position and word order
• reflexives and se constructions • imperative and subjunctive usage
• neuter pronouns
• gerunds and participles 
• impersonal constructions

SNHU Course Code: PDLL 502ID

Course Description:

This course provides an introduction to the art and architecture of Latin America beginning with pre-Columbian times and ending with contemporary creations. Historical circumstances will be taken into account so that the student is able to understand what both art and architecture reveal about Latin American thought and culture. In addition to discovering the cultural and historical background in relation to artistic constructions, students will design a unit lesson plan that appropriately incorporates course material into the L2 Spanish classroom. Conducted in Spanish.

SNHU Course Code: PDLL 540ID

Course Description:

Borderlands can be seen as liminal spaces in which the myth of “self” vs. “other” is challenged by the interactions between two worlds which are as defined by their overlap as they are by their distinction. The 2000-mile border between Mexico and the U.S.A. is the only visible border between the so-called “developed” and “developing” worlds. Politically, it is also the perceived boundary between Latin America and Anglo America. Beyond economic and political factors, immigrants who cross this border participate in a broad cultural process of great importance to demographic frameworks and the quality of relationships between countries. The Southern borderlands are the contemporary equivalent of Ellis Island. Currently, Los Angeles, California and Brownsville, Texas, are the second and third largest Spanish-speaking cities in the world (only after Mexico City and larger than Madrid and Barcelona). In this course we will explore some aspects of the Latino/a (Latin@ or Latinx) experience, such as what it means to be Chicano/a, Mexican American, or Puerto Rican living in Manhattan, or a second generation Cuban American living in exile in Miami? How can we better understand these immigrant experiences and their cultural impact? How do these cultures co-exist, rubbing shoulders with one another every day? How has their presence been politicized? These are some questions we will explore. We’ll use literature, film, podcasts, current events, media, and poetry to explore the diversity of cultures in our local communities and classrooms. While focusing on reigniting passion for teaching, we create opportunities for new insights to better relate to and guide students in this very interesting time in our nation’s history where many cultures are coming together (or clashing) rather than one dominant culture subsuming the others.  

“Cultures only flourish in contact with others; they perish in isolation.” -Carlos Fuentes

SNHU Course Code: PDLL 549ID

Course Description:

Come and discover Argentina, one of the most beautiful countries in South America. This online course will provide you with learning activities and the experience of immersing yourself in Argentina´s culture of identity and nationalism. Studying Argentina's people, customs, geography, history as well as their traditions will encourage your students to develop empathy with other cultures and sensitivity about the differences among them. By the end of this course you will identify the major people, events and ideas in Argentine history, learn how to identify information about the culture and have an abundance of resources and ideas to create a lesson or cultural unit for your own classroom.

This Descubre course integrates a variety of resources that you will be able to share with your students and bring the Argentine culture alive in your own classroom.  Teachers may start a course at any time and complete the work at their own pace within one month.  Conducted in Spanish.

SNHU Course Code: PDLL 510ID

Course Description:

As Americans dash to Cuba “before it changes,” it is clear that few understand the island, its history, and its people. Join us as we learn about the historical events that led to the infamous embargo and the everyday realities of Cuba, behind tourist images of beautiful beaches, classic cars, rum, and cigars. By the end of this course you will be able to identify and explain the significance of major people, events, and ideas in Cuban history. Participants will compare and contrast experiences of different groups of people in Cuban society and get a glimpse of the rich arts scene that has been kept alive even during the hardest economic crisis.
 
This Descubre course integrates a variety of resources that you will be able to share with your students and bring the Cuban culture alive in your own classroom.  Teachers may start a course at any time and complete the work at their own pace within one month.  Conducted in Spanish.

SNHU Course Code: PDLL 511ID

Course Description:

Come and discover Puerto Rico in an online course!  This course will provide you with the history, current events, films, readings and relevant information to engage your classroom.  By the end of this course you will identify the major people, events and ideas in Puerto Rican history, learn how to identify visual arts in order to obtain information about the culture and have an abundance of resources and ideas to create a lesson or cultural unit for your own classroom.

This Descubre course integrates a variety of resources that you will be able to share with your students and bring the Puerto Rican culture alive in your own classroom.  Teachers may start a course at any time and complete the work at their own pace within one month.  Conducted in Spanish.

SNHU Course Code: PDLL 509ID

Course Description:

Come explore the literary and creative genius of Miguel de Cervantes’ renowned masterpiece El ingenioso hidalgo Don Quijote de la Mancha.  Participants in this course will examine Part One (with some chapters most often studied in the middle and secondary classroom) of the work paying special attention to Cervantes’ development of Quijote’s character within the historical and social context of the time.  Some of the themes explored - personal identity, literary style, humor, societal values, traditions - will help participants understand why this masterpiece is considered the first modern novel of the time.  Close reading analysis and analytical writing will help the course participants enhance literacy skills. As teachers, participants will gain a better understanding of how to approach the instruction of El Quijote in their own classes at different proficiency levels. Supplemental resources will provide course participants with ideas for their own learning and classroom practice.  Conducted in Spanish, as a language immersion experience, with an occasional reading in English. 

SNHU Course Code: PDLL 553ID

Course Description:

Best-selling writer Isabel Allende wrote her first novel, The House of the Spirits in the early 1980’s and soon afterwards became the most widely read Latin American female author. Her work has been translated into over 25 languages. Allende uses her writing as an invitation into her memories and experiences as she remembers them. Framing each narrative within an historical context or current event, her creative process recounts stories in which protagonists explore and endure life’s challenges. Her narrative frequently embraces situations related to social justice and women’s rights, always central to her work and heart. Allende sheds light on a multitude of fascinating themes. One of the most unforgettable and outstanding topics includes the September 11, 1973 military coup in Chile where she witnessed firsthand the bombing of the presidential palace in which her cousin, Salvador Allende, was removed from power and later found dead. Another takes place on September 11, 2001 when Allende, now an American citizen, watched the attacks on the USA unfold. These two events impelled her to make sense of her inherent association and relationship with Chile from the standpoint of her adopted home in Sausalito California. In this course, we will explore Allende’s use of magic realism, geographical setting, imagery, word choice, and other stylistic devices in her narrative.

SNHU Course Code: PDLL 534ID

Course Description:

Music can be a great resource for Spanish teachers. Songs have historical meaning that students have to work to uncover and often reflects the time in which it was created, as well as the perspective of its author.  In this course we will explore why the artist wrote the lyrics, uncover what those lyrics mean, who the audience for the song was, and what was going on history at the time. We will pair the song with other sources—newspaper articles, radio addresses, videos, biographies, etc. — so you can piece together and better understand a particular historical era.  Each week, participants will study the online content, complete activities and share teaching strategies for integrating Spanish songs into their own classes. The course offers a collaborative environment to share tips, unique lessons and best practices for teaching history through music. Conducted in Spanish. 

SNHU Course Code: PDLL 504ID

Course Description:

This course focuses on race and representation in the World Language curriculum particularly, the integration of Afro-Latinx identity, culture, and subsequent literature. Through careful exploration of the historical background of African-descended peoples both in Spanish-speaking Americas, Spain (and by proxy, Guinea Ecuatorial) this course will center on identity formation (and the political consequences thereof), literary production, religious traditions and notable contributions. Participants will review research related to the ACTFL standards, analyze cultural products with the goal of curriculum integration. Through a host of interactive activities with classmates, participants in this course will discuss the purpose, rationale, and development of such cultural products and its relevance to the current political landscape. Participants will also explore how topics can play a critical role in establishing an inclusive, representative, anti-racist curriculum, thriving classroom ecology for all students. This course is open to teachers of modern and classical languages.

SNHU Course Code: PDLL 548ID

Course Description:

El tiempo entre costuras/The Time in Between (a.k.a. Entre Costuras/The Seamstress) is a brilliant novel and television series set in Spain, Morocco, and Portugal during the first half of the turbulent twentieth century. As a point of departure, we will use this remarkable period drama, set against the backdrop of Spain and Northern Africa, as we explore the social underpinnings and political challenges that were precursors to what would become the Spanish Civil War and then WWII. While the plot is fiction, the background is historically accurate and many of the characters whose emotional ups and downs we will share, existed in real life.  Conducted in Spanish.

SNHU Course Code: PDLL 531ID

Course Description:

The study of Hispanic poetry represents a fundamental aspect of the curriculum of any Spanish class.  Poetic analysis is among one of the more challenging aspects of literary studies for students and instructors alike.  In this course, participants will read and analyze poetry of the Spanish-speaking world across different historical periods, literary movements, and themes.  In addition, this course will offer participants strategies and techniques for teaching poetry to students in the Pre-Advanced Placement classroom and in the AP Spanish Language and Culture and AP Spanish Literature and Culture classrooms.  Special attention will be given to the literary analysis using poetic devices as a way to explicate different themes in poetry.  Course participants will review the curricular underpinnings of the AP course frameworks and gain a solid understanding as to how poetry allows individuals to express their inner being.  Conducted in Spanish with some readings in English.

SNHU Course Code: PDLL 517ID

Course Description:

The theater has been a genre in which Spanish writers have excelled, evolving the platform, creating globally recognized characters, and receiving international renown. This course examines masterpieces of the Spanish theater from the Siglo de Oro to the Post-Franco democratic age. Examining works by five of the most important dramatists of Spain’s history, course participants will engage with the social commentary and metaliterary aspects of these works from giants of the Spanish theater. Students will also select a work from the Spanish theater tradition to serve as the focal point of a lesson which they create for their classrooms.

SNHU Course Code: PDLL 529ID

Course Description:

The study of the Hispanic short story represents a fundamental aspect of the curriculum of any Spanish class. Reading and interpreting literature (prose) can present a challenge for students at any level. In this course, participants will read and analyze short stories of the Spanish-speaking world across different historical periods, literary movements, and themes. In addition, this course will offer participants strategies and techniques for teaching the short story to students in the Pre-Advanced Placement classroom and in the AP Spanish Language and Culture and AP Spanish Literature and Culture classrooms. Special attention will be given to the literary analysis using literary figures as a way to explicate different themes in the works. Course participants will review the curricular underpinnings of the AP course frameworks and gain a solid understanding as to how the short story allows enables writers to present the social and political issues of their time while developing their creative genius. Conducted in Spanish with some readings in English.

SNHU Course Code: PDLL 528ID

Course Description:

For communication in L2 to exist, students need something to talk about.  Reading short novels crafted especially for the novice learner not only provides characters and a plot, but also the feeling of accomplishment once the novel has been read.  In this course, we will discuss the theory of comprehensible input and then go on to use the theory while exploring how to reach novice learners through three novice-level novels in Spanish: Feliz cumpleaños, La chica nueva and El viaje difícil, learning how to incorporate what is already embedded in the novel to further pique students' interest and get the most out of the reading, including culture, geography, food, social issues and even politics.  Within each module, participants will examine the online content, read the books, engage in discussion, prepare and share activities for use in the classroom.  The course is a forum to collaborate, share ideas and best practices for involving the comprehensible novel in the novice-level classroom.

SNHU Course Code: PDLL 520ID

Course Description:

As teachers of Spanish, one of our major goals is to foster an appreciation of the highly diverse society in which we live. By exposing students to the target language through film we help them learn about challenging issues while developing their linguistic proficiency. This course will address six thought-provoking topics: war, the right to die, immigration, gender roles, identity (nations, nationalities, boundaries), and US foreign policy in the Spanish-speaking world. Background information will be gradually introduced and together we will decode many thematic symbols, cultural, social and political references.

SNHU Course Code: PDLL 515ID

Course Description:

This writing seminar is designed to help Spanish teachers enhance their presentational writing skills.  In an attempt to achieve this goal, participants will examine the various writing genres that most often appear in the Spanish L2 classroom setting: description, narration, exposition, argumentation, and academic writing.  Using a diverse body of literary and cultural readings as models, participants will analyze specific writing styles in an attempt to hone their own writing skills.  Special attention will be given to the AP Spanish Language and Culture Global Themes as a way to inspire student writing samples.  The ACTFL 5 Cs will also inspire participants to design lesson activities that can be used in their own curricular practice. Conducted in Spanish.    

SNHU Course Code: PDLL 527ID

Course Description:

This is an online course designed for teachers who wish to continue to develop their language and cultural skills through popular children's films that are available in Spanish. The films selected will be familiar to children and teachers of all ages and available at local libraries or through online streaming. Emphasis will be on vocabulary building, improving conversational and writing skills, comprehension, and film analysis, in addition to discussions of a cultural nature within the context of each film. Group work will be in the form of discussion boards and lesson plan development. This course is conducted in Spanish.

SNHU Course Code: PDLL 530ID

Course Description:

This course is designed to introduce teachers to ACTFL’s Core Practice of teaching grammar as a concept and in context. Participants in this course will start by learning about the research and theories behind implicit and explicit grammar instruction from experts in language acquisition. Participants will also learn more about what it means to choose grammatical concepts in the context of a thematic unit as it pertains to a communicative goal. A special emphasis will be placed on strategies to implement implicit grammar instruction with students through the PACE Model. In this course participants will share ideas for implementing PACE model lessons and also discuss the benefits and challenges of teaching grammar implicitly in classes. (Open to teachers of modern and classical languages of grades k-12. Conducted in English but coursework is completed in Spanish.)

SNHU Course Code: PDLL 522ID

Course Description:

This is an online course designed for teachers who wish to continue to develop their cultural and/or language skills through a popular children's film that is available in English and in Spanish. The film selected, Encanto, will be familiar to children and teachers of all ages. Emphasis will be on cross-cultural appreciation and diversity in the arts, the significance of symbolism, reflections and discussions raising cultural awareness, geography, regional differences, science (including technology and innovation), gender differences, cuisine, clothing, vocabulary building, improving conversational and writing skills, comprehension, and film analysis. Central concepts in diversity, equity, and inclusion work, such as “asset based education” (ie one’s gift or super power vs. “deficit based education” or inability to focus/ADHD) will be highlighted throughout. Emphasis will also be on music, such as learning about Colombian culture and Spanish words through songs by artists such as Carlos Vives, Shakira, and Juanes, and famous painters like Fernando Botero. Group work will be in the form of discussion boards and lesson plan development. This course is conducted in English, with a Spanish option for Spanish teachers with submission of writing, readings, discussions, activities, and projects in Spanish. by Dr. Lynn McGovern.

SNHU Course Code: PDLL 562ID

Course Description:

Come and discover Spain in an online course! This course will take you on a virtual journey through the geography, history, and culture of one of Europe’s largest countries. By the end of this course you will have engaged with many different videos, readings, and images that offer an abundance of information and ideas to create a lesson or cultural unit for your own classroom.

The Descubre courses integrate a variety of resources that you will be able to share with your students and bring Spanish culture alive in your own classroom. Teachers may start a course at any time and complete the work at their own pace within one month. Conducted in Spanish, as a language immersion experience.

SNHU Course Code: PDLL 563ID

Course Description:

Come and discover Peru in an online course! This course will take you on a virtual journey through the geography, history, culture, and cuisine of one of South America’s largest countries. By the end of this course you will have engaged with readings, videos, podcasts, and images that offer an abundance of information and ideas to create a lesson or cultural unit for your own classroom.

The Descubre courses integrate a variety of resources that you will be able to share with your students and bring Spanish culture alive in your own classroom. Teachers may start a course at any time and complete the work at their own pace within one month. Conducted in Spanish, as a language immersion experience.

SNHU Course Code: PDLL 564ID

Course Description:

For communication in L2 to exist, students need something to talk about, and students of this generation are keen to discuss real topics which can lead to improved critical thinking skills. Reading short novels written expressly for students acquiring L2, provides the perfect springboard to engage in heady topics, such as those surrounding social justice. In this course, students will be presented with social justice issues through reading three novels of different levels in Spanish: Debido a la tormenta, María María: un cuento de un huracán and Como vuela la pelota, and how they can be addressed in the context of the Spanish classroom. Within each module, participants will examine the online content, read the books, engage in discussion, prepare and share activities for use in the classroom. The course is a forum to collaborate, share ideas and best practices for involving level-appropriate novels in the world language classroom.

SNHU Course Code: PDLL 566ID

Course Description:

Come and discover Chile in an online course! This course will take you on a virtual journey through the geography, history, and culture of one of the world’s longest and narrowest countries. By the end of this course you will have engaged with readings, videos, podcasts, and images that offer an abundance of information and ideas to create a lesson or cultural unit for your own classroom. The Descubre courses integrate a variety of resources that you will be able to share with your students and bring Spanish culture alive in your own classroom. Teachers may start a course at any time and complete the work at their own pace within one month. Conducted in Spanish as an immersion experience.

SNHU Course Code: PDLL 576ID

Course Description:

Brazilian Culinary traditions are some of the richest in the world due to the country’s geography, diverse climate and rich history of significant cultural influences. Each region presents its own products, cultural characteristics and influences as well as distinct flavors and tastes. Over centuries, the fusion of native cultures, Portuguese colonizers, and enslaved Africans has evolved into a unique and multi-faceted national cuisine which was later enriched by European, Japanese, and Lebanese immigrants who arrived in Brazil at the end of the nineteenth century.

Beginning with an exploration of some of the most important native products and recipes and their deep-rooted influence,  i.e. pepper (molho de pimenta), cassava (beijú, farofa, scondidinho), and corn (canjica, mugunça), we will also examine the presence of several products brought by the Portuguese; i.e. sugar (caipirinha, brigadeiro), pork, and olive oil (feijoada and cozido), and others with strong African influence, okra (quiabada), dried shrimp, and palm oil (acarajé and moqueca) and finally Brazil’s own style of couscous called cuzcuz. 

Throughout the course we will read, explore, and reflect on the most significant historical, economic, cultural, and social implications of food production and consumption in Brazil from pre-colonial to current times. We will also learn about the different kinds of restaurants, menus, cultural customs, cuisine literature, gender, and racial related image constructions and some specific practices related to cuisine and food production, and at the same time, acquiring technical skill to recreate important recipes.  Conducted in Portuguese.

SNHU Course Code: PDLL 550ID

Course Description:

The goal of this course is to broaden students' knowledge of Brazilian Culture and Brazilian Portuguese through the study of significant lyrics and music styles, like Samba, Bossa Nova, Pagode, Sertanejo, Forró, Axé, MPB (Brazilian Popular Music) and Funk.

After reading, understanding and analyzing each lyric, participants will also read about music styles and their influences, watch concerts and documentaries, and discuss  relevant cultural, social, political and regional topics present in the lyrics.

Participants will also learn about some of the most famous Brazilian singers and composers including Tom Jobim, Vincius de Moraes, Caetano Veloso, Maria Bethania, Maria Rita, Gilberto Gil, Elis Regina, Seu Jorge, Cassia Eller, Eliane Printes, Simone and Anita, among others.

Another important objective of the course is to improve participants´ comprehensive, communication and writing skills in order to increase their vocabulary and understanding of Portuguese grammar.  

Participants will also learn how to plan and prepare future class activities covering several important topics related to the study of Portuguese and Brazilian culture.

The students will have the opportunity to ask questions and discuss aspects about the course material during a weekly group conversation with the teacher
 

SNHU Course Code: PDLL 524ID

Course Description:

This course will explore a variety of cultural aspects of the French-speaking world through thematic units and global themes.  The focus of this course is for in service French teachers to practice their own speaking skills in both the synchronous virtual setting (1 hour per week for 6 weeks) and the asynchronous virtual setting via a variety of instructional technology applications.  The course uses a variety of authentic texts - literature, video, music - allowing participants to practice their language skills while developing strategies to enhance conversation at a variety of proficiency levels in their own classrooms. Conducted in French, as a language immersion experience.

SNHU Course Code: PDLL 557ID

Course Description:

Using explanatory text and practical exercises, this course provides a comprehensive review of French grammar, targeting problem areas of grammar for many advanced learners. Designed for students preparing for licensure exams, teachers preparing to teach advanced levels, as well as native speakers of French charged with teaching advanced grammar concepts.  The course offers a collaborative environment to share tips and best practices on how to teach these difficult concepts. It focuses on challenging grammar areas, such as:

• pronouns and placement
• prepositions
• adverbs
• imperfect and passé compose
• passé simple
• future and simple future
• plus-que-parfait
• verbs
• definite and indefinite articles
• gender
• time and duration
• noun placement
• adjective position and word order

SNHU Course Code: PDLL 500ID

Course Description:

This course offers fresh and flexible activities based on films and film clips that you can custom fit into any thematic curriculum.  Aimed at beginning and intermediate students, you will find the activities spiral easily all the way to Advanced Placement.  Spend a few weeks this summer improving your French and spicing up your curriculum. A pragmatic and creative opportunity for teachers who are eager to engage their students’ childlike energy in self-directed, student-centered learning. (available in French through online streaming). Group work will be in the form of discussion boards and lesson plan development. Conducted in French.

SNHU Course Code: PDLL 537ID

Course Description:

This course offers fresh and flexible activities based on films and film clips that you can custom fit into any thematic curriculum.  Aimed at beginning and intermediate students, you will find the activities spiral easily all the way to Advanced Placement.  Spend a few weeks this summer improving your French and spicing up your curriculum. A pragmatic and creative opportunity for teachers who are eager to engage their students’ childlike energy in self-directed, student-centered learning. (available in French through online streaming). Group work will be in the form of discussion boards and lesson plan development. Conducted in French.

SNHU Course Code: PDLL 536ID

Course Description:

This course will cover the age and era of the French Impressionist Movement. The course, designed for middle and high school French teachers, explores the artistic and historical elements of the movement, as well as the biographical stories and relationships among the painters themselves. Teachers will consider how to adapt course assignments and materials in order to create specific learning outcomes that align with curricular objectives within their own classrooms.  Conducted in French with occasional readings in English.

SNHU Course Code: PDLL 505ID

Course Description:

This course focuses on using authentic resources in French to stimulate discussion, creativity, and a lasting love of French language and culture. Participants will explore French music, art, and history to create new works of art using poetry, theater and storytelling. All activities are accessible through the ACTFL World-Readiness Standards for Learning Languages. Participants will use the three communication modes (Interpretive, Interpersonal and Presentational) in innovative ways, interpreting through authentic resources and using the arts to express ourselves in the presentational and interpersonal modes. Along with colleagues, participants in this course will discuss the resources, explore the arts as a means to interpret and assess, and design classroom experiences that can be used with authentic resources beyond what we explore in this course. (Open to teachers of French. Conducted in French.)

SNHU Course Code: PDLL 516ID

Course Description:

This course, conducted in French, will use a variety of perspectives (historical, economic, literary, etc.) to examine the nuanced relationships between France/Belgium and Francophone countries in Africa and the Middle East. We will trace the evolution through the stages of colonization and exploitation, independence, immigration movements up through the most recent challenges regarding refugees, religious cohabitation and terrorism.

SNHU Course Code: PDLL 533ID

Course Description:

For communication in L2 to exist, students need something to talk about.  Reading short novels crafted especially for the novice learner not only provides characters and a plot, but also the feeling of accomplishment once the novel has been read.  In this course, we will discuss the theory of comprehensible input and then go on to use the theory while exploring how to reach novice learners through three novice-level novels in French: Le Maillot, La nouvelle Fille and Un voyage difficile, learning how to incorporate what is already embedded in the novel to further pique students' interest and get the most out of the reading, including culture, geography, food, social issues and even politics.  Within each module, participants will examine the online content, read the books, engage in discussion, prepare and share activities for use in the classroom.  The course is a forum to collaborate, share ideas and best practices for involving the comprehensible novel in the novice-level classroom.  This course is conducted in French.

SNHU Course Code: PDLL 521ID

Course Description:

This course is designed to introduce teachers to ACTFL’s Core Practice of teaching grammar as a concept and in context. Participants in this course will start by learning about the research and theories behind implicit and explicit grammar instruction from experts in language acquisition. Participants will also learn more about what it means to choose grammatical concepts in the context of a thematic unit as it pertains to a communicative goal. A special emphasis will be placed on strategies to implement implicit grammar instruction with students through the PACE Model. In this course participants will share ideas for implementing PACE model lessons and also discuss the benefits and challenges of teaching grammar implicitly in classes. (Open to teachers of modern and classical languages of grades k-12. Conducted in English but coursework is completed in French.)

SNHU Course Code: PDLL 544ID

Course Description:

Come and discover Senegal in an online course!  This course will provide you with the history, cultural trends, geography, videos, readings and relevant information to engage your classroom.  By the end of this course you will identify major places, people, events and practices in Senegalese culture and have an abundance of resources and ideas to create a lesson or cultural unit for your own classroom. This Discover course integrates a variety of resources that you will be able to share with your students and bring the Senegalese culture alive in your own classroom. Conducted in French as an immersion experience.

SNHU Course Code: PDLL 575ID

Course Description:

For communication in L2 to exist, students need something to talk about, and students of this generation are keen to discuss real topics which can lead to improved critical thinking skills. Reading short novels written expressly for students acquiring L2, provides the perfect springboard to engage in heady topics, such as those surrounding social justice. In this course, students will be presented with social justice issues through reading three novels of different levels in French: Sortie No. 8, La Coupe du Monde and Secrets, and how they can be addressed in the context of the French classroom. Within each module, participants will examine the online content, read the books, engage in discussion, prepare and share activities for use in the classroom. The course is a forum to collaborate, share ideas and best practices for involving level-appropriate novels in the world language classroom.

SNHU Course Code: PDLL 577ID

Course Description:

Using explanatory text videos, and practical exercises, this independent study course provides a comprehensive review of Italian grammar, targeting problem areas of grammar for many advanced learners. Designed for students preparing for licensure exams, teachers preparing to teach advanced levels, as well as native speakers of Italian charged with teaching advanced grammar concepts.  The course offers a collaborative environment to share tips and best practices on how to teach these difficult concepts. It focuses on challenging grammar areas, such as:

• pronouns and their uses
• distinctions between avere and essere
• intricacies of relative clauses and relative pronouns
• comparative constructions
• adjective placement
• neuter pronouns
• gerunds and participles
• impersonal constructions

SNHU Course Code: PDLL 501ID

Course Description:

This online course is designed for teachers who wish to learn about three famous Italian Operas and their composers in order to improve and refine their language skills in Italian and to develop practical lesson plans for the classroom. The course is designed around three great Operas: Tosca, The Barber of Seville and La Traviata. Given the popularity of these Operas, students and teachers who are familiar with the Opera can focus on the language and the arias without having to decipher the plot.  Those who are not familiar with these three Operas, will have the chance to learn the plot and story and then focus on the language and music.  Emphasis will be on comprehension, vocabulary building, improving listening and writing skills, in addition to Opera analysis and discussions on the composers and the history of the Opera in Italy.  Students will also listen to and analyze the most famous arias from each Opera.  Group work will be in the form of discussion boards and lesson plan development. Conducted in Italian with occasional readings in English.

SNHU Course Code: PDLL 503ID

Course Description:

This online course is designed for teachers who wish to continue to improve and refine their language skills in Italian and to develop practical lesson plans for the classroom. It is designed around six great movie adaptations of classic children's books. Given the popularity of the stories and films, students and teachers who are familiar with the film and can focus on the language without having to decipher the plot. Emphasis will be on comprehension, vocabulary building, improving listening and writing skills, in addition to film analysis and discussions of the differences between original story and it's movie adaptation (available in Italian through online streaming). Group work will be in the form of discussion boards and lesson plan development. Conducted in Italian with occasional readings in English.

SNHU Course Code: PDLL 535ID

Course Description:

This course is designed for teachers who wish to better understand a segment of Italy’s past and its present through selected literary works of Alessandro Manzoni and Susanna Tamaro.  Participants will improve their language skills in Italian and be able to develop practical lesson plans for the classroom using Manzoni’s I Promessi Sposi and Tamaro’s Va Dove Ti Porta il Cuore.  This course is designed around these two literary works: the story, the setting, the characters, numerous themes, the historical context and its influence in forming today’s Italy.  Emphasis will be on comprehension, vocabulary building, improving listening and writing skills, in addition to literature analysis and discussion of the differences between I Promessi Sposi and Va Dove Ti Porta il Cuore including the themes that come up in each novel.  Group work will be in the form of discussion boards and lesson plan development. Conducted in Italian with numerous resources.

SNHU Course Code: PDLL 519ID

Course Description:

For communication in L2 to exist, students need something to talk about. In this course, the texts read like novels and are crafted especially for the novice learner not only to provide characters and a plot, but also the feeling of accomplishment once the chapter has been read. In this course, we will access the theory of comprehensible input via inductive texts to achieve competency in the target language, getting the most out of the reading, including culture, geography, food, social issues, etc. Each chapter is an opportunity for the student to further appropriate the language and to begin to develop fluency in the classroom and beyond. Via the portfolio project, students are encouraged to tie the target language and culture back to existing certifications in order to create personalized bridges that promote individualized professional development. Conducted in English and Italian, as a language immersion experience.

SNHU Course Code: PDLL 558ID

Course Description:

For communication in L2 to exist, students need something to talk about. In this course, the texts read like novels and are crafted especially for the novice learner not only to provide characters and a plot, but also the feeling of accomplishment once the chapter has been read. In this course, we will access the theory of comprehensible input via inductive texts to achieve competency in the target language, getting the most out of the reading, including culture, geography, food, social issues, etc.

In Intensive Italian II, students will explore language to discuss health, sports and leisure, the work place, holidays, entertainment, among other themes. The grammatical focus will emphasize a deepening awareness of the past tense with emphasis on the passato remoto and the pluperfect, as well as in-depth exploration of formal vs. informal address, demonstrative pronouns and adjectives, impersonal structures, the complementary infinitive, past participles, et al. Music is a strong means of acculturation. In this course, we shall explore important themes in music from the 1970’s and ’80’s. Students will begin a survey of Italian history in the target language with an emphasis on ancient Rome. Via the portfolio project, students are encouraged to tie the target language and culture back to existing certifications in order to create personalized bridges that promote individualized professional development. Conducted in English and Italian, as a language immersion experience.

SNHU Course Code: PDLL 559ID

Course Description:

For communication in L2 to exist, students need something to talk about. In this course, the texts read like novels and are crafted especially for the novice learner not only to provide characters and a plot, but also the feeling of accomplishment once the chapter has been read. In this course, we will access the theory of comprehensible input via inductive texts to achieve competency in the target language, getting the most out of the reading, including culture, geography, food, social issues, etc.

In Intensive Italian III, students will use Italian to discuss travel, transportation, and geography, among other themes. Students will continue their survey of Italian history in the target language, spanning the medieval to the post-WWII period. The grammatical focus will emphasize the subjunctive, the conditional, hypothetical statements, adverbial structures, et al. Music is a strong means of acculturation. In this course, we shall explore important themes in music from the 1990’s and an initial exploration of opera. Via the portfolio project, students are encouraged to tie the target language and culture back to existing certifications in order to create personalized bridges that promote individualized professional development. Conducted primarily in Italian, as a language immersion experience.

SNHU Course Code: PDLL 560ID

Course Description:

For communication in L2 to exist, students need something to talk about. In this course, the texts read like novels and are crafted especially for the novice learner not only to provide characters and a plot, but also the feeling of accomplishment once the chapter has been read. In this course, we will access the theory of comprehensible input via inductive texts to achieve competency in the target language, getting the most out of the reading, including culture, geography, food, social issues, etc.

In Intensive Italian IV, students will use Italian to continue their exploration of Italian culture and geography and to complete their survey of Italian history. We shall begin an exploration of Italian literature and the short story, as well as a special emphasis on poetry ranging from Saint Francis to Alda Merini. There will be a strong focus on vocabulary acquisition and the development of reading fluency. Via the portfolio project, students are encouraged to tie the target language and culture back to existing certifications in order to create personalized bridges that promote individualized professional development. Conducted in Italian, as a language immersion experience.

SNHU Course Code: PDLL 561ID

Course Description:

Using the Updated Standards for Classical Language Learning, participants will receive and create meaningful activities to apply when teaching Caesar's Gallic Wars. The focus will be on methods to help students understand Caesar's role as an author, general, and central political figure in the last days of the Roman republic through to Roman history, other Latin authors, and the modern world. This course will be especially useful to teachers who are currently teaching Caesar, teaching the AP Latin syllabus, or just interested in learning more about teaching Caesar. (Open to Latin teachers or anyone proficient in Latin.  (Open to Latin teachers or anyone proficient in Latin. Conducted in English).

SNHU Course Code: PDLL 539ID

Course Description:

Latin poetry frequently constitutes a student's first experience with authentic Latin literature.  Moving beyond mere translation to the interpretation and analysis of lines of verse can be challenging for students and instructors alike.  Participants in this course will read and analyze multiple genres of Latin poetry across several historical periods and through the lens of the Updated Standards for Classical Language Learning.  While considering each poem within its historical and cultural context, participants will explore stylistic nuance and contemplate varied interpretations of the text. At the same time, they will develop strategies and techniques for teaching poetry to students. (Open to Latin teachers or anyone proficient in Latin. Conducted in English).

SNHU Course Code: PDLL 518ID

Course Description:

Using the Updated Standards for Classical Language Learning, participants will receive and create meaningful activities to apply when teaching Vergil’s Aeneid. The focus will be on methods to help students understand the Aeneid’s role as the epic about the founding of Rome during the beginning of the Roman empire, Vergil’s choice as an author during this turbulent time, and what the text shares about Roman identity.  This course will be especially useful to teachers who are currently teaching Vergil, teaching the AP Latin syllabus, or just interested in learning more about teaching Vergil. (Open to Latin teachers or anyone proficient in Latin. Conducted in English).

SNHU Course Code: PDLL 543ID

Course Description:

Are you a Latin teacher who wants opportunities to brainstorm with fellow Latin teachers about lessons? Are you thinking about teaching or just starting to teach Latin? This course will explore the theory of second language acquisition and how it applies to teaching Latin. Lessons will focus on making Latin accessible to all learners, effective technology for Latin teaching and learning, creating a curriculum based on cultural themes, and supporting students towards proficiency in Latin. We will also explore how to create a personal learning network to stay connected to other Latin teachers and share ideas. As teachers, we are constantly learning and growing in our practice. This course will be a great opportunity to learn, share, and collaborate with other Latin teachers! (Open to Latin teachers or anyone proficient in Latin. Conducted in English).

SNHU Course Code: PDLL 556ID

Course Description:

This course will look at ways that participants can create more opportunities to engage in social justice in the Latin curriculum. This course will look at three prongs engaging with social justice: intercultural competency, culturally responsive teaching, and creating an inclusive classroom climate. Through exploring these three different ways of looking at opportunities to increase awareness of social justice, participants will come away with strategies, activities, and assessments to create a more equitable and inclusive classroom and curriculum.

SNHU Course Code: PDLL 580ID

Course Description:

This online course, specifically designed for middle school and high school Chinese teachers, explores how to teach students language survival skills, as well as understand why and how comprehensible input works. Participants will collaborate and share successful strategies on developing students' interpretive, presentational, and interpersonal skills. Learn how to hook your students with effective learning experiences, and set up successful systems that will skyrocket student’s engagement and acquisition. Get ready to grow your toolbox with effective acquisition driven instruction strategies. Conducted in Mandarin, as a language immersion experience.

SNHU Course Code: PDLL 551ID

Course Description:

The primary focus of this course is developing professional and program sustainability through the incorporation of effective and engaging learner-centered educational technology in Mandarin classroom. Participants will reshape an existing lesson, or build a new one, to include these tools to enhance your teaching and your students’ learning. Activities include readings and videos, with periods for discussion and reflection. Using Backwards Design theory and a constructive approach, you will design a lesson plan that supports the curriculum frameworks/standards.

SNHU Course Code: PDLL 523ID

Course Description:

Integrated performance-based assessments are a key component of any proficiency-based program. This course will give an overview of various assessments, provide a step-by-step process to design a Mandarin curriculum based on integrated performance assessments, and share resources including rubrics, templates, authentic resources, and sample assessments to empower attendees to develop their own curriculum. Course is conducted in Chinese, as a language immersion experience.

SNHU Course Code: PDLL 565ID

Course Description:

This professional development course is designed for Chinese teachers who are looking to incorporate traditional Chinese culture into their language classes. By exploring the rich cultural heritage of China through idioms, fairy tales, and folktales, teachers will gain a deeper understanding of the language and its origins, while also providing students with an engaging and interactive learning experience. In this course, teachers will learn how to effectively use idioms, fairy tales, and folktales as teaching tools in their classrooms. Topics covered include:

Understanding the cultural significance and meaning behind Chinese idioms

How to effectively use idioms in language lessons to improve vocabulary and comprehension skills

An overview of the most popular fairytales and folktales in Chinese culture

Techniques for retelling and adapting these stories for the classroom

Strategies for encouraging students to think critically about the cultural values and themes inherent in these stories.

SNHU Course Code: PDLL 578ID

Course Description:

In the digital century a learner’s competence in communication is not only shaped by his/her social and educational environment, but also by media. Thus, film and media are essential parts of our culture, both as product and practice. Understanding and engagement of its cinematic elements provides learners with information and critical perspectives about a foreign language and culture with a reference back to their own culture and offers a platform to negotiate meaning and structure in language acquisition that goes beyond a normal classroom situation.

This course offers flexible activities based on films that you can custom fit into any thematic curriculum. Aimed at intermediate students, you will find the activities spiral easily even from beginner all the way to Advanced Placement. Spend a few weeks this summer improving your German and spicing up your curriculum. A pragmatic and creative opportunity for teachers who are eager to engage their students’ energy in self-directed, student-centered learning. Group work will be in the form of discussion boards and lesson plan development. Conducted in German.

SNHU Course Code: PDLL 542ID

Course Description:

This course focuses on the language itself. What is characteristic of German in terms of grammar and practical use? What is important to know about grammatical structures in order to explain to our students how the German language works. Keeping in mind the communication purpose, we will look at how to introduce grammar in various contexts of practical use. We will focus on topics but also on modes of communication such as interpersonal, interpretive and presentational. Moreover, using explanatory texts and practical exercises, we will look at how grammar is introduced in several learning materials and how we can use and modify these sources for our teaching.

Aimed at intermediate students, you will find the activities spiral easily even from beginner all the way to Advanced Placement. Spend a few weeks this summer improving your German and spicing up your curriculum. A pragmatic and creative opportunity for teachers who are eager to engage their students’ energy in self-directed, student-centered learning. Group work will be in the form of discussion boards and lesson plan development. Conducted in German as a language immersion experience.

SNHU Course Code: PDLL 554ID

Course Description:

The overall goal of this course is for teachers to get an in-depth understanding of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR) and its influence on lessons, as well as how CEFR relates to the ACTFL- Proficiency Standards. Teachers will learn to formulate can-do descriptions themselves and recognize their importance for action-oriented lessons. The course will culminate with a 3-week final project (Practical Exploration Project or PEP), in which the new theoretical approaches of the DLL unit are reviewed and assessed in the teacher’s own teaching practice. The Practical Exploration Project initiates changes in the classroom and helps to increase the professionalism of teachers. This course is conducted in German as an immersion experience in partnership with the Goethe-Institut USA.

SNHU Course Code: PDLL 569ID

Course Description:

The overall goal of this course is for teachers to learn the elements of the German language and how the form and function of linguistic parts work together in communication. Teachers will learn the semantic classes, the nouns and functions of the article, the formal properties of gender, number, and case, the connection between the preposition and the following case, and why standard pronunciation is important. The course will culminate with a 3-week final project (Practical Exploration Project or PEP), in which the new theoretical approaches of the DLL unit are reviewed and assessed in the teacher’s own teaching practice. This course is conducted in German as an immersion experience in partnership with the Goethe-Institut USA.

SNHU Course Code: PDLL 570ID

Course Description:

The overall goal of this course is for teachers to learn which factors determine learning and second language acquisition.  Participants explore characteristics of independent learning as well as strategies to systematically plan and structure the learning process in their classroom. The course will culminate with a 3-week final project (Practical Exploration Project or PEP), in which the new theoretical approaches of the DLL unit are reviewed and assessed in the teacher’s own teaching practice. The Practical Exploration Project initiates changes in the classroom and helps to increase the professionalism of teachers through the sharing of experience among colleagues. This course is conducted in German as an immersion experience in partnership with the Goethe-Institut USA.

SNHU Course Code: PDLL 571ID

Course Description:

The overall goal of this course is for teachers to learn strategies for developing reading, listening and audio-visual skills.  Participants will find learning materials (including texts, social media, and videos) about the country and culture to prepare them for use in the classroom.  At the end of each course teachers will complete a 3-week final project (Practical Exploration Project or PEP), in which the new theoretical approaches of the DLL unit are reviewed and assessed in the teacher’s own teaching practice. The Practical Exploration Project initiates changes in the classroom and helps to increase the professionalism of teachers. This course is conducted in German as an immersion experience in partnership with the Goethe-Institut USA.

SNHU Course Code: PDLL 572ID

Course Description:

The overall goal of this course is for teachers to develop and describe their own teaching philosophy while learning how to encourage good, open and realistic communication in the classroom.  They will learn the principles of teacher research and professional development opportunities. The course will culminate with a 3-week final project (Practical Exploration Project or PEP), in which the new theoretical approaches of the DLL unit are reviewed and assessed in the teacher’s own teaching practice. The Practical Exploration Project initiates changes in the classroom and helps to increase the professionalism of teachers. This course is conducted in German as an immersion experience in partnership with the Goethe-Institut USA.

SNHU Course Code: PDLL 573ID

Course Description:

The overall goal of this course is for teachers to learn to differentiate between good assignments and exercises and create sequences of activities that build upon each other.  Teachers will understand their role in the interaction process. The course will culminate with a 3-week final project (Practical Exploration Project or PEP), in which the new theoretical approaches of the DLL unit are reviewed and assessed in the teacher’s own teaching practice. The Practical Exploration Project initiates changes in the classroom and helps to increase the professionalism of teachers. This course is conducted in German as an immersion experience in partnership with the Goethe Institut- New York.

SNHU Course Code: PDLL 574ID

Course Description:

This course focuses on current second language teaching methodology and pedagogy utilizing the standards presented by the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL) in order to develop various performance based assessment strategies.  Participants will review theory and research related to these ACTFL standards while exploring ways to integrate these principles into formative and summative assessment strategies.  Special attention will be given to the understanding and development of Integrated Performance Assessment (IPA) in order to help students acquire 21st century learning skills.  Through interactive activities with classmates, participants in this course will discuss the purpose, rationale, and development of assessment strategies in an attempt to create an authentic assessment and learning environment for their students. Open to teachers of modern and classical languages.  (Conducted in English)

SNHU Course Code: PDLL 513ID

This institute and follow-up course will examine the role of the Volume 2 High Leverage Teaching Practices (HLTPs) that drive the fundamental aspects of World Language Instruction. Participants will examine the theory and research that informs each practice.  The course readings, videos, and discussions will allow students to relate each core practice to their own curriculum and create work products that they can implement in their classroom this fall.

SNHU Course Code: PDLL 552ID

Course Description:

This course focuses on current second language teaching methodology and pedagogy addressing the topic of Intercultural Communicative Competence (ICC).  Utilizing the World Readiness Standards presented by the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL) and the NECTFL-ACTFL Can-Do Statements pertaining to ICC, participants in this course will study how the development of linguistic competence and cultural awareness lead to successful communication and awareness.  Students will learn how to create lessons and assessments that incorporate and relate cultural products and practices to cultural perspectives.  Using the ICC framework, students will gain deeper insight into interpreting cultural contexts, interacting in these contexts, cultivating curiosity and openness to the target culture, and reflecting critically on their own cultural context. Open to teachers of modern and classical languages.  Conducted in English.

SNHU Course Code: PDLL 538ID

Course Description:

Sometimes the goal of helping students to experience the joy and success of learning a World Language can seem secondary to maintaining an environment conducive to learning. Fortunately, recent research into the fields of Positive Education and Appreciative Inquiry have generated many theories and strategies to encourage student growth, both as young persons living in a stressful world and as World Language students in the classroom. This kind of student growth can help establish a safe classroom environment where appropriate language risk-taking and other forms of student engagement are learned to be accepted and appreciated by students and teachers alike.

SNHU Course Code: PDLL 545ID

Course Description:

This one unit, 15 hour online course, which is tailored for language teachers, addresses a current and important topic about the ways in which teachers accommodate gender nonconforming students when teaching a language that requires its speakers to assign gender. The course is divided into three subtopics: Student Gender Identities, Teacher Roles, and Challenges to Language Change. With Student Gender Identities, students of the course will explore the ways in which gender and identity have evolved. In Teacher Roles, the material is focused on the duties of the teacher and features gender neutral strategies for teachers to implement when teaching a foreign language. Finally, in Challenges to Language Change, students will look at the reasons for previous successes and failure when it comes to language change. Students of the course will also critically analyze the origin of language evolution and critique movements from non-native speakers that seek to change a language that is not their own. The course features readings, studies, videos, and requires active participation in discussion board activities.

SNHU Course Code: PDLL 507ID

Course Description:

This course focuses on the skills and strategies that teachers, teacher leaders, department chairs, curriculum coordinators, and curriculum supervisors need in order to develop and sustain an effective standards-based world languages program.  Utilizing the World Readiness Standards, the Can-Do Statements, Proficiency Benchmarks, and other documents presented by the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL), participants in this course will examine how curriculum development, assessment strategies, and technology integration align a program with proficiency standards.  Additionally, participants will analyze how teacher recruitment and retention, teacher observation and supervision, and teacher professional development establish purposeful programs oriented toward standard-based language education.   Open to teachers of modern and classical languages and other supervisors of language teachers.  Conducted in English.

SNHU Course Code: PDLL 532ID

Course Description:

This Learning Beyond the Classroom: Travel Course provides k-12 teachers an opportunity to earn graduate credit or professional development for the development of a travel program or personal travel overseas.  The purpose of this course is to document the process, reflect on the experience and develop curricula to integrate into the classroom in order to address problems that connect to important world issue. Coursework may be submitted in English, Spanish, French or Italian. 

SNHU Course Code: PDGC 500ID

Course Description:

This institute and follow-up course will examine the role of the high leverage teaching practices that drive the fundamental aspects of World Language Instruction.  Participants will examine the theory and research that informs each practice.  The course readings, videos, and discussions will allow students to relate each core practice to their own curriculum and create work products that they can implement in their classroom this fall.   Conducted in English for teachers of all languages. 

SNHU Course Code: PDLL 541ID

Course Description:

The textbook industry loves public schools.  Your budget needs liberating.  Try something new! Help your World Language staff learn to craft curriculum units in our new online course “Spiral it up: Map your language program based on AP Exams”. They will map themes and their students’ communicative growth horizontally and vertically, unifying what kids learn and do.  Through robust class routines, a huge emphasis on speaking and student centered activities and the reintroduction of grammar in diverse thematic contexts, student proficiency and staff communication will skyrocket. Units are fresh, original and flexible. Students learn by doing and by controlling their learning environment.  

By personalizing our unit template with its interlocking core activities, you can transform the culture of the classroom into one of joviality, team-work and quasi-immersion. You will need access to your language curriculum. This is an opportunity to write curriculum and redesign your approach to second language acquisition.

SNHU Course Code: PDLL 526ID

Course Description:

This course is designed to help language educators discover the resources available and develop the skills necessary to integrate a social justice perspective into their language courses at all levels.  By considering best practices, educators will strengthen their ability to plan units that will target both language learning objectives and social justice learning objectives.  Utilizing the concepts of Understanding by Design, publications from the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL) specific to language unit planning and curricular development, and the principles of social justice education, participants in this course will discuss the reasons for adding a social justice basis to their language courses and work through the steps necessary to effectively plan lessons and units with such a perspective in mind.  Through weekly discussions with classmates and the instructor, readings and resources reflecting best language teaching practices, and scaffolded assignments, course participants will develop a unit that integrates language learning outcomes and social justice learning outcomes. (Open to teachers of all languages at every level.  Course conducted in English.)

SNHU Course Code: PDLL 525ID

Course Description:

This course focuses on current second language teaching methodology and pedagogy utilizing the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL) construct of the five C’s (Communication, Culture, Connections, Communities, and Comparisons) and the three communication modes (Interpretive, Interpersonal, and Presentational) of language learning. Participants will review theory and research related to these ACTFL standards while exploring ways to integrate these standards into unit and lesson plans.  Special attention will be given to language competencies needed to help students develop 21st century learning skills.  Along with colleagues, participants in this course will discuss the purpose, rationale, and development of language curriculum in an attempt to convey to their students the importance of learning a language beyond their own. (Open to teachers of modern and classical languages.  Conducted in English)

SNHU Course Code: PDLL 512ID

Course Description:

Participants in this course will be introduced to a digital learning philosophy focused on desired student outcomes and based on the belief that instructional technology should be used as a transformative tool to maximize learning, and not simply to replicate traditional assignments and lessons. In addition to breaking down the walls of the classroom, digital learning tools can encourage student creation over consumption, provide students with more personalized learning experiences, allow for differentiated learning, and facilitate all three modes of communication. Each week, participants will discuss pedagogical strategies and consider novel approaches made possible or enhanced by a collection of apps, websites or other uses of educational technology. There will be a heavy emphasis on trying these strategies in the language classroom and reflecting on that experience.(Open to teachers of any language at any level. Conducted in English)

SNHU Course Code: PDLL 514ID

Course Description:

Language students come from a wide variety of backgrounds. As a result, students within a class have many different needs. This course explores many strategies that allow teachers to meet a wide variety of student needs, including an effective feedback loop, collaborative organization, understanding how students learn, creating more equitable assessments, giving students opportunities for choice, and creating scaffolded tasks to work towards proficiency. Teachers will come away with effective strategies and having designed activities and assessments that they can use immediately in their classes.

SNHU Course Code: PDLL 567ID

Course Description:

This course will explore creating meaning and understanding around what social and emotional learning (SEL) is, why it’s important and how to integrate it into the world language classroom. The focus of this course is for in-service world language teachers to identify, rationalize and strategize integrating SEL into everyday practice and the curriculum. We will do this in an asynchronous virtual setting via a variety of instructional technology applications. Conducted in English.

SNHU Course Code: PDLL 568ID

Course Description:

The purpose of this course is to prepare Massachusetts school administrators with the knowledge and skills necessary to be effective reviewers and instructional leaders of educators who teach English learners (ELs) so that our growing population of ELs can access curriculum, achieve academic success, and contribute their multilingual and multicultural resources as participants and future leaders in the 21st century global economy.

SNHU Course Code: PDLL 547ID

Course Description:

This course covers current practices of classroom and behavior management for regular and special needs students, focusing on an integration of theory and practice. Special attention is given to the development of both individual and group management skills. Students will analyze and evaluate motivation theory as it relates to behavior. Student teams will collaboratively research models developed by significant behavioral theorists, and present findings to the class in an interactive format. Participants will become familiar with classroom management techniques that identify specific target behaviors, and develop positively based behavioral strategies. Participants will explore the diverse causes of student disruption, aggressiveness, and defiance, and evaluate strategies that reduce or eliminate these behaviors. Participants will construct behavioral goals for specified behavioral problems based on IEP disability category. Participants will analyze recent Federal and State laws defining bullying and harassment, and expectations for educators in reporting and handling bullying and harassment. Participants will learn practical strategies for improving home-school relations. Participants will create a practice-specific Classroom Management and Behavior Plan, which they will revise and apply to a different educational setting.

SNHU Course Code: PDED 502ID

Course Description:

This course covers current practices of classroom and behavior management for regular and special needs students, focusing on an integration of theory and practice. Special attention is given to the development of both individual and group management skills. Students will analyze and evaluate motivation theory as it relates to behavior. Student teams will collaboratively research models developed by significant behavioral theorists, and present findings to the class in an interactive format. Participants will become familiar with classroom management techniques that identify specific target behaviors, and develop positively based behavioral strategies. Participants will explore the diverse causes of student disruption, aggressiveness, and defiance, and evaluate strategies that reduce or eliminate these behaviors. Participants will construct behavioral goals for specific behavioral problems based on IEP disability category. Participants will analyze recent Federal and State laws defining bullying and harassment, and expectations for educators in reporting and handling bullying and harassment. Participants will learn practical strategies for improving home-school relations. Participants will create a practice-specific Classroom Management and Behavior Plan, which they will revise and apply to a different educational setting. 

SNHU Course Code: PDED 504ID

Course Description:

This course focuses on recognizing the link between good assessment and good instruction, as the profession has adopted standards for teacher competence in educational assessment.  This course is designed to help teachers meet those professional standards.  It is also designed to help teachers understand the many forms of good classroom assessment and the varieties of good classroom assessments.  Participants will review new trends in educational measurement that are causing educators to rethink assessment.  Testing and assessment is not only important, but when done correctly, it links the general instructional objectives to show student performance and curriculum vitality for all grade levels.

SNHU Course Code: PDED 501ID

Course Description:

Many factors affect the school success of the growing population of English language learners in our classrooms today.  Through watching videos, reading selected chapters in the text Between Worlds, and reflecting on our current practice via a discussion board, participants will be asked to consider how they could positively influence the school success of English language learners in their classrooms.

SNHU Course Code: PDLL 508ID

Course Description:

This one credit, 15-hour online course, Differentiated Instruction course enables teachers to respond to the needs of all learners through the design of various activities and adjusting the components of instruction (content, process and product) to meet the students’ diverse interests, levels, and learning profiles.

SNHU Course Code: PDTM 500ID

Course Description:

Participants will delve into State regulations (Chapter 766) and Federal requirements Individuals Disability Education Act (IDEA) and its application in Individualized Educational Plan (IEP) development and implementation. Additionally, Participants will learn about services provided and/or available to students by other agencies and involvement of these agencies in transition planning for students in Pk-12 environments. This course will look at developing a well written IEP using either the MA DESE approved IEP or local district’s IEP format to include direction instruction on IEP goal developments and completion of portions of the IEP that special education teachers are usually responsible for completing. It will also use evidence based practice as well as curriculum driven IEP goals. Although this course addresses Massachusetts guidelines, as all states follow IDEA, the skills learned in this course are transferable to other states.

SNHU Course Code: PDSP 501ID

Course Description:

This course acquaints the learner with the linguistic needs of ELL/ESL students. Course includes the design and implementation of strategies and interventions targeted to specific linguistic needs identified in their ELL/ESL classrooms related to phonetics, semantics, morphology, syntax, dialect, grammar, and more. Specific topics in sociolinguistics and psycholinguistics will be analyzed with a focus on improving the overall instruction of ELL/ESL students.

SNHU Course Code: PDLL 506ID

Course Description:

This course will assist the participant to think outside the box in their instructional strategies for all curriculum content areas (math, reading, history, science, etc).. It will also assist in analyzing work products in order to determine what strategies may be used in order to assist struggling students with accessing the Massachusetts Curriculum Standards. This course is geared towards teachers who have average, below average, and advanced students in their classes in order to meet all needs. Heavy emphasis on pedagogy and practical application of Bloom’s and Gardner’s in today’s classrooms. This course addresses differentiation for various populations: gifted, general education, special education, and SEI students

SNHU Course Code: PDED 503ID

Course Description:

As many teachers are transitioning into the world of online and hybrid learning, supporting exceptional students can become challenging. This course explores strategies to support exceptional students and how they can apply to Language Classrooms. These strategies include: effective notes and note taking, scaffolding learning digitally, approaches to challenges with reading, opportunities for students to do asynchronous and self paced learning, and supporting students in their time management and organization. As these strategies are examined, a wide variety of apps and online tools that can support exceptional students in an online learning experience will be shared with examples of how they can be used effectively. (Open to All Language Teachers. Conducted in English)

SNHU Course Code: PDTM 501ID
 

Course Description:

This course prepares Massachusetts PreK-12 teachers and administrators to address the social, language and learning needs of English Language Learners (ELL) in order to ensure their meaningful participation in the regular classroom, access to grade-level curriculum and learning, and academic success through sheltered content instruction. Educators will examine the theories, stages and levels of second language acquisition (SLA) along with the social and cultural factors that can facilitate or impede this development. Changing demographic data, equity issues and legislative policies related to ELLs will be reviewed. The principles of Sheltered English Immersion (SEI) will be analyzed and then applied in the participant’s current classroom or school setting using a progressive selection of research-based strategies that support students in subject matter learning, language development, and literacy skills focused on oral language, vocabulary, reading and writing. Specified lesson design and assessment and tools (WIDA), lesson plan protocols (SEI) and Massachusetts Curriculum Frameworks with Common Core will complement instructional components throughout the course and guide the capstone lesson presentation. With the successful completion of this course, participants will have fulfilled mandatory requirements for all Massachusetts educators to be eligible to receive Massachusetts SEI endorsement.

SNHU Course Code: PDLL 546ID

Course Description:

As many teachers are transitioning into the world of online and hybrid learning, they are searching for the most effective strategies they can use to engage their students and enhance their learning experience online. This course explores best practices in online teaching and how they can apply to Language Classrooms. We will examine several strategies to create an outstanding online experience for ourselves and our students. These include: creating a central hub for information, maintaining community despite social distancing, providing a continuous feedback loop, trying new methods of content delivery, and offering support strategies for exceptional students. As these strategies are examined, a wide variety of apps and online tools that can support an online learning experience will be shared with examples of how they can be used effectively.
(Open to All Language Teachers. Conducted in English)

SNHU Course Code: PDTM 502ID

Course Description:

This graduate level course examines theoretical and developmental models of mathematics instruction in order to prepare teachers to plan and implement effective instruction based on the diverse cognitive, language and developmental needs of students.  Using technology to access national and local district assessment data, teachers will analyze and identify different areas of need within the mathematics curriculum and engage in instructional decision-making based on that data. Teachers will create mathematics teacher lessons that reference their state’s Mathematics Curriculum Frameworks incorporating the Common Core, and the National Council of Teacher of Mathematics (NCTM) standards.  Respecting diverse student populations, this course will address practical multi-sensory applications of skills and strategies for all students including those identified as “high needs” by the Dept. of Elementary and Secondary Education.

SNHU Course Code: PDMA 501ID

Course Description:
This is a course that examines and assists the mathematician that is an experienced or new teacher in math.  This course supports the Standards and Focal Points of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM), provides useful information and practical suggestions for making your classroom a dynamic center for student learning.  Addressing essential topics from the start of the school year to its end this course will help you organize your teaching day, meet the daily challenges of providing effective instruction, and manage the routines that ensure learning in a classroom that celebrates responsibility, hard work and respect for others.

SNHU Course Code: PDMA 502ID

Course Description:

When Language teachers discuss literacy, traditionally reading, writing, listening, and speaking are seen as the core aspects of becoming literate in a language. However, those pieces are only a part of the larger mosaic of language literacy in the modern world. Literacy is now defined as an “increasingly collaborative activity, where negotiation, analysis, and awareness of (the) audience are as critical as understanding or creating a message.” In this course, participants will explore the question of what makes someone literate and how to achieve literacy with students at the secondary level. Teachers will come away with strategies, activities, and assessments that they can use immediately in their classes.

SNHU Course Code: PDLL 579ID

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At the end of your course experience, Idioma Education and Consulting will provide SNHU with student information and final grades.  SNHU will post your grade on your official university Academic Record within five business days.  It is important to note that the 8-week term in which you complete the course experience is what will be listed on your official SNHU transcript. 

Upon receipt of your information from Idioma, you will receive instructions on how to access grade reports and order official university transcripts from CourseCredit@snhu.edu.  Any additional inquiries can be directed to this e-mail address or by calling 1-844-282-4484.

PDLL: Education - Languages and Linguistics

PDGC: Education - Global Competence

PDTM: Education - Modern Teaching Methods

PDED: Education - General Topics

PDSP: Education - Special Education

PDMA: Education - Mathematics