Spanish Writing Seminar: Using Global Themes to Enhance Written Presentational Communication

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 by Dr. Michael Orlando.

ADDITIONAL NOTES: 

All Idioma courses receive letter grades. 

HOW TO ACCESS YOUR COURSE MATERIALS: 

Within 1-2 business days of your Ashland registration, you will receive an email from your course content provider, Idioma, containing instructions on how to access your course materials. A note, their emails are sometimes forwarded to junk or spam folders. 

You will be working with Idioma, through their Learning Management System, to complete the course, after which, your instructor will record your grade on your AU transcript. We will notify you by email once this is done, with instructions on how to view and order transcripts. 

Ashland Professional Development: pds@ashland.edu