New Trends in Teaching Spanish as a Foreign Language I (Panel / In-Person)


Special Session
Spanish and Portuguese / Languages and Linguistics

Jose Eduardo Villalobos Graillet (Idaho State University)
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Hillary Buckner (Idaho State University)
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This special session seeks proposals that explore pedagogical practices related to the challenges and new trends of teaching Spanish language, Hispanic literature, and culture in university and high school programs.

We welcome proposals that discuss but are not limited to, teaching approaches beyond the pandemic, emerging teaching practices, the application of AI in the language classroom, the use of technology and social media, decolonizing the curriculum, curricular innovation, heritage language instruction and learning, teaching Spanish for specific purposes, hybrid teaching formats, literature in translation, film, and other media, new evaluation and certification models, community-based learning, and study abroad.


This special session seeks proposals that explore pedagogical practices related to the challenges and new trends of teaching Spanish language, Hispanic literature, and culture in university and high school programs.

We welcome proposals that discuss but are not limited to, teaching approaches beyond the pandemic, emerging teaching practices, the application of AI in the language classroom, the use of technology and social media, decolonizing the curriculum, curricular innovation, heritage language instruction and learning, teaching Spanish for specific purposes, hybrid teaching formats, literature in translation, film, and other media, new evaluation and certification models, community-based learning, and study abroad.