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LAURA ZINKE
Laura Zinke, a native of Arizona, taught all levels of Spanish, on the campus of McClintock High School, for 38 years. Laura has been actively involved in AATSP for the past 30 years; serving as the State President of the Arizona Chapter and the National President. Laura has a Bachelor’s degree from Northern Arizona University and a Masters from Middlebury College and is a Gifted Endorsed teacher in the State of Arizona. She has served as a reader, a Table Leader and a Question Leader at the AP Spanish Reading and currently serves as an Assistant to the Chief Reader. Laura was a member of the AP Spanish Language Curriculum Development and Assessment Committee and served as the high school co-chair of the AP Spanish Language and Culture Committee for five years. Laura has been an Advanced Placement Faculty Consultant since 1994 presenting both weekend workshops and summer institutes; she has been a presenter at various regional and national and international Foreign Language and AP conferences and is a former Fulbright Teacher exchange participant to Córdoba, Argentina.
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COURSE DESCRIPTION
This APSI for AP® Spanish Language and Culture is designed to provide resources and classroom activities to build, supplement, and develop a curriculum using authentic materials and thematic units. Topics will include the following: Developing and Integrating the three modes of communication; Interpretive, Interpersonal, and Presentational; Proficiency across modes of communication; Teaching AP® Spanish Language and Culture across themes; Teaching and developing a culture in the AP® Spanish Language and Culture course; Support materials and CED (Course & Exam Description) for AP® world languages; Using authentic resources for thematic unit design; Developing vocabulary across levels; Integrating authentic literature in the AP® Spanish Language and Culture course; Using project-based learning a way to integrate and develop language skills; Applying the scoring criteria to student samples.
Topics will include the following:
This APSI for AP® Spanish Language and Culture is designed to provide resources and classroom activities to build, supplement, and develop a curriculum using authentic materials and thematic units. Topics will include the following: Developing and Integrating the three modes of communication; Interpretive, Interpersonal, and Presentational; Proficiency across modes of communication; Teaching AP® Spanish Language and Culture across themes; Teaching and developing a culture in the AP® Spanish Language and Culture course; Support materials and CED (Course & Exam Description) for AP® world languages; Using authentic resources for thematic unit design; Developing vocabulary across levels; Integrating authentic literature in the AP® Spanish Language and Culture course; Using project-based learning a way to integrate and develop language skills; Applying the scoring criteria to student samples.
Topics will include the following:
- Planning, teaching, and assessing the AP Spanish Language and Culture course
- Developing student proficiency in and the integration of the three modes of communication;
- Interpretive, Interpersonal and Presentational.
- Teaching AP Spanish Language and Culture across themes.
- Teaching and developing culture in the AP Spanish Language and Culture course.
- Using authentic resources for thematic unit design
- Developing vocabulary
- Integrating authentic texts and literature in the AP Spanish Language and Culture course.
- Applying the scoring criteria to student samples.
- An idea or activity used last year in your course that you found to be particularly effective whether
- you are experienced or new to teaching the course. Electronic copies, please.
- A laptop computer or an iPad.