Anne Becher's main professional interests include foreign language education and pedagogy for teaching second-language writing, as well as best practices for mentoring student teachers and graduate-level language instructors.
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foreign/world language teaching, Spanish language, teaching students who experience extreme difficulties with learning foreign languages
SPAN 1010 - Beginning Spanish 1
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Fall 2018 / Spring 2019
Offers students a firm command of Spanish grammar. Grammar is used as a point of departure for development of oral skills. Reading and writing are stressed to a lesser degree. Attendance at the language laboratory may be mandatory. Degree credit not granted for this course and SPAN 1150.
SPAN 3010 - Advanced Rhetoric and Composition
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Spring 2018 / Spring 2019 / Fall 2019
Designed to refine expository and argumentative writing in Spanish, this course will center around four main areas of study: culture, linguistics, sociopolitical and economic reality, and literature and criticism. A multi-draft process-based approach will guide the writing and revision of essays. Additionally, there will be a focus on grammar and lexical issues most challenging for students at the third-year level.
SPAN 3060 - Spanish for Careers in Environmental Studies and Sustainable Development
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Spring 2020
Provides advanced Spanish language competency and transcultural knowledge of issues pertaining to the environment, energy and sustainable development in the Spanish-speaking world. Students will develop a critical apparatus for analyzing, reading, listening, speaking and writing about the social, cultural and economic parameters of these countries and the U.S.
SPAN 4650 - Methods of Teaching Spanish
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Spring 2018 / Spring 2019 / Spring 2020
Familiarizes students with current methodology and techniques in foreign language teaching. Peer-teaching coupled with opportunity to teach mini-lessons provide students with actual teaching experience in the foreign language classroom. Same as SPAN 5650.
SPAN 4660 - High School Spanish Teaching
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Spring 2018 / Fall 2018 / Spring 2019 / Fall 2019 / Spring 2020
Part of supervised secondary school teaching required for state certification to teach Spanish. These hours do not count toward student hours in the major nor in the total departmental hours allowed. Pass/Fail only.
SPAN 4980 - Methods Language Learn/Pedagogy
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Fall 2018 / Fall 2019
Required, intensive mini-course for teaching assistants in Spanish and Portuguese. Provides teachers with the opportunity to learn about language learning theory and pedagogy.
