Indigenous America in the Spanish Language Classroom

"Many Spanish language teachers have little understanding of the indigenous languages and cultures that are part of the Spanish-speaking Americas. This book proposes to fill that gap and help teachers include the history and culture of Indigenous Peoples using a social justice lens. Indigenous America begins with an overview of the history of colonialism throughout the Spanish-speaking Americas and ties it to language teaching curricula and standards. Each substantive chapter ends with a list of conclusions, a list of questions for discussion and debate, and a set of teaching topics and concrete classroom exercises. Fountain will include photographs of places, people, and artifacts to make this history tangible. Appendices with more details about incorporating some rich resources into the Spanish language classroom are included, as is a glossary of important terms. This book is the first resource of its kind and is timely--teachers are eager to include more voices in their courses"--

About the author

Anne Fountain is professor emerita at San José State University where she has taught courses in Latin American Culture and Civilization and Spanish American Literature. She is also a translator. She led study abroad programs to Yucatan for teachers and students from 1992 to 2004 and has given numerous workshops and talks for Spanish teachers. Fountain is the author of José Martí, the United States, and Race and translations of two collections of stories by Nancy Alonso; she is a co-editor of Cuba on the Edge: Short Stories from the Island.

Product details

• Authors: Anne Fountain, Fountain Anne
• Publisher: Georgetown University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.08.2023
• EAN: 9781647123529
• ISBN: 978-1-64712-352-9
• No. of pages: 272
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > School education, didactics, methodology; FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY / Spanish, EDUCATION / Educational Policy & Reform / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Indigenous Studies, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Study & Teaching, Indigenous Peoples, Spanish, Relating to indigenous peoples, Secondary Schools, Educational strategies & policy, Language teaching theory & methods, Language teaching theory and methods, Higher & further education, tertiary education, Higher education, tertiary education, Educational strategies and policy, EDUCATION / Schools / Levels / Secondary, EDUCATION / Schools / Levels / Higher