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Sandy Gutiérrez is a fourth generation Texan. She grew up in Houston and received her BA and MEd at the University of Houston. She started teaching at 21 and never stopped. She has been a teacher for 40 years at all levels from third grade through college. She taught the AP Spanish language course for 20 years and the AP Spanish literature course for 14 years, ten of those years via television (distance learning) to students throughout Fairfax County, Virginia. She received her Ph.D. in 2008 from the University of Texas at San Antonio. Sandy has supervised student teachers for the University of Texas Department of Education. She has been an AP® consultant for over twenty years and has led one-day workshops for the College Board® and has conducted summer institutes in both Spanish language and culture and Spanish literature and culture.m She was an AP® Spanish Reader for over ten years and reviews/scores syllabi for the AP Spanish Literature and Culture Course.
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Sandy Gutiérrez
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COURSE DESCRIPTION
This course will focus on the themes for the Spanish Language and Culture Course as prescribed by the College Board. The course themes are: Global Contexts, Science and Technology, Contemporary Life, Language and Culture, Families and Communities, and Art and Creativity. The institute will also address the changes on the AP Spanish Language and Culture exam, the oral project development and presentation and the scoring of the project. The APSI will focus on the three modes of communication – Interpretative, Interpersonal, and Presentational: Interpretive Communication of text, audio, and images, including visualizations of data.
Spoken Interpersonal Communication
Written Interpersonal Communication
Spoken Presentational Communication
Written Presentational Communication
Throughout the institute, participants will create units of study for the six themes for sharing at the end of the institute. Participants will practice grading exam samples; they will also analyze and review published texts and digital materials for the course. Strategies and teaching methods for special needs students will be addressed. Throughout the week participants will share in creating strategies for preparing students for the test, incorporating culture and language, finding, and using authentic materials, integrating skills, and using them in class and for the exam, and any other AP related matter that may be of interest.
Course Goals:
This course will focus on the themes for the Spanish Language and Culture Course as prescribed by the College Board. The course themes are: Global Contexts, Science and Technology, Contemporary Life, Language and Culture, Families and Communities, and Art and Creativity. The institute will also address the changes on the AP Spanish Language and Culture exam, the oral project development and presentation and the scoring of the project. The APSI will focus on the three modes of communication – Interpretative, Interpersonal, and Presentational: Interpretive Communication of text, audio, and images, including visualizations of data.
Spoken Interpersonal Communication
Written Interpersonal Communication
Spoken Presentational Communication
Written Presentational Communication
Throughout the institute, participants will create units of study for the six themes for sharing at the end of the institute. Participants will practice grading exam samples; they will also analyze and review published texts and digital materials for the course. Strategies and teaching methods for special needs students will be addressed. Throughout the week participants will share in creating strategies for preparing students for the test, incorporating culture and language, finding, and using authentic materials, integrating skills, and using them in class and for the exam, and any other AP related matter that may be of interest.
Course Goals:
- To examine the format of all parts of the AP Spanish Language and Culture exam and to practice strategies for student success on the exam.
- To analyze the six themes (find resources and activities) and make presentations to the class.
- To examine and analyze visuals (charts, maps, graphs, works of art) and audio-visual materials and recommend their appropriateness for the classroom.
- To examine, analyze, and discuss a range of materials suitable for a high school AP Spanish Language and Culture class.
- To prepare, share, and discuss successful classroom activities and strategies, innovative approaches, and techniques for speaking, listening, reading, and writing for the six themes in the Advanced Placement Spanish Language and Culture class.
- To participate in a mock-grading session of the AP Spanish Language and Culture exam.