Meeting the Challenge for Curricular Change in Spanish Language, Literature, and Culture

Autor/inn/en	Wilbur, Marcia; Monk, James
Titel	Meeting the Challenge for Curricular Change in Spanish Language, Literature, and Culture
Quelle	In: Hispania, 93 (2010) 1, S.101-107 (7 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0018-2133
Schlagwörter	Writing (Composition); Advanced Placement; Advanced Placement Programs; College Credits; Spanish; Spanish Literature; Language Proficiency; Educational Change; Articulation (Education); Interviews; Departments; Majors (Students); Reports; Student Placement; Second Language Learning; Second Language Instruction; Language Tests; Critical Thinking; Intercultural Communication + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Schreibübung; College; Colleges; Achievement; Performance; Anrechnung; Hochschule; Fachhochschule; Leistung; Spanisch; Language skill; Language skills; Sprachkompetenz; Bildungsreform; Articulation; Artikulation (Ling); Artikulation; Aussprache; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Department; Abteilung; Abschlussbericht; Berichten; Schülerpraktikum; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Fremdsprachenunterricht; Language test; Sprachtest; Kritisches Denken; Interkulturelle Kommunikation
Abstract	Courses in advanced placement (AP) Spanish language and AP Spanish literature are intended to provide students with college-level instruction comparable to a fifth- or sixth-semester conversation and composition experience and to a one-semester introduction to literature experience, respectively. In spite of clearly articulated college equivalencies for student performance on AP Spanish language and literature exams, a 2007 study conducted by Crux Research revealed that of the 100 postsecondary foreign language departments interviewed, college credit and placement policies varied widely. The results uncover a near total lack of articulation between college credits granted for AP achievement and further postsecondary instruction. This national disconnect has long gone unreported until the Modern Language Association's (MLA's) "Report to the Teagle Foundation on the Undergraduate Major in Language and Literature." Given the variations in instructional preparation time prior to AP enrollment, and a lack of consistently applied college credit and placement policies, the College Board implemented an AP course and exam review process that led to a complete curricular redesign of its AP world language offerings. The AP course and exam review for Spanish has created a curricular sequence that fosters second language proficiency, critical thinking, analytical writing, and cross-cultural communication. (Contains 3 tables and 1 note.) (ERIC).
Anmerkungen	American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese, Inc. 900 Ladd Road, Walled Lake, MI 48390. Tel: 248-960-2180; Fax: 248-960-9570; e-mail: AATSPoffice@aatsp.org; Web site: http://www.aatsp.org
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10