SILP Spanish Fluency Component: Syllabus Outline, Intermediate High Level

Content umbrella for the Fluency Component (FC): Global Spanish & Local Spanish
Week

General topics

Specific topics

Dates

Orientation to SILP Spanish

June
16-20

What is the FC?

What is CBI?
Learning training

Overview of major themes:

Global Spanish & Local Spanish
Global Spanish

Presence of Spanish throughout

the world

Possible materials, guest

speakers, civic
engagement, related
extracurricular activities,
assessments
(EC=extracurricular),
(CE: civic engagement),
(GS=guest speaker),
(FT=field trips)
(HW=homework)
Introduction to all the SILP
Spanish teachers
Introductory lunch with
Spanish-speaking Intensive
English Program students (IEP)
and Fulbright academic English
students
Article: Spanish as a World
Language (Mar-Molinero, 2004)
Ss blog post reflection on
Spanish as a global language

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June
23-27

Local Spanish

Spanish-speaking immigrants to
U.S.
History of Mexican immigration
and other Spanish language
influences in California

Gif digital map showing

Mexican territories in the U.S.
and eventual U.S. acquisition
Weekend:
FT: Seaside Language scavenger
hunt for local Spanish
Linguistic Landscape
(Shohamy 2014), exploring
signage, linguistic presence of
Spanish in community
HW: Ss blog post on linguistic
landscapes

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June 30July 4

Spanish-language local media

and advertising

Local Spanish-language
publications/web/radio
Mexican telenovelas (soap
operas)
Univisin, Telemundo

NPR Alt. Latino podcast on

telenovelas, Mexican
Telenovela Rosa
GS: Translation and
Localization Management
(TLM) professional: prevalence
of Spanish publication/web site
work in U.S.
CE: Peace Resource Center
(PRC) ESL student introduction
and LL activity
FC held in evening this day

Spanish-language global media

and advertising

July
7-11

Independent YouTube channels,

web series in Spanish from
various countries
Social Media in Spanish
World Cup coverage
Spanish-language global media
general image (e.g., Latin dance,
Reggaetn, Spanish-speaking
actors/actresses/directors in
Hollywood (Almodvar,
Penelope Cruz, Javier Bardem)

5
July
14-18

Spanish and the local economy

Agriculture/Ag Tech industry

Service industry
Local businesses in Spanish

Woki Toki YouTube channel

from Chile
EC: Watch World Cup Finals
(June 12-July 13)
CE: PRC visit to work on
Spanish-language flyers for
promoting ESL
FC to be held in evening this
day

NPR Alt. Latino podcast

interview about hidden
immigration via train
La bestia
NPR Alt. Latino podcast Csar
Chvez: Discussing the Movie
and the Man

Spanish and the global economy

Free trade agreements

Fair trade (e.g., coffee, produce)
Economic situation in Spain

CE: Conversation with IEP

students and Fulbright academic
English students about their
countries economies, jobs for
young people

Spanish-speaking family culture

locally and globally

Mexican family unit, LA area

Mexican neighborhoods

GS: Chicano/Chicana from

California

Spanish-speaking family culture

in other nations (e.g., priorities
of youth saving money vs. living
independently, no dorm
college life)

3rd visit to the PRC:

Conversation with PRC students
about Hispanic family culture
and festivals
SILP students present their final
flyers and reflection
FC to be held in evening this
day

Local Mexican celebrations: Da

de los muertos (Day of the
Dead), 5 de mayo, Semana santa
(Holy Week), quinceaeras (15th
birthdays for girls)

EC: Blue Fin for salsa dancing

July
21-25
7
st

1 half: of
week:
July
28-30

2nd half of
week:
July 30August 1

Spanish and local

festivals/holidays

HW: Choose portfolio

components and expand/revise

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1st half: of
week:
August
4-6

Spanish and global

festivals/holidays

Celebrations in other Spanishspeaking nations: San Fermn

(running of the bulls), saints
days, fiestas patrias (national
patriotic festivals)

CE: Conversation with Spanishspeaking (IEP) students and

Fulbright academic English
students about their national
festivals
HW: Continue work on
portfolios

2nd half of
week:
August
6-8

Assessment and Reflection

Thursday/Friday presentations of Submission of finished portfolio

portfolios
EC: Final SILP Spanish asado
(BBQ) celebration
References

Shohamy, E. Linguistic Landscape: A lens for documenting, analyzing, and critically interpreting societies. Presentation at the
Monterey Institute of International Studies, Monterey, CA, March 13, 2014