Spanish curricula and assessments rarely reflect the presence and contributions of Afro-descendants in Latin America and Spain. This presentation addresses how to incorporate content that brings visibility to the historical, geographical, social, and cultural significance of Black peoples in the Spanish-speaking world.
Culturally Relevant Pedagogy (CRP) is a lens through which language teachers are invited to examine curriculum, instruction, and assessment to ensure diversity and inclusion in the teaching of world languages. CRP in the Spanish classroom means going beyond learning about the many Spanish-speaking countries and taking a deeper dive into the multi-layered racial and ethnic fabric that makes up the Spanish-speaking world. Typically, Spanish teachers, textbooks, and assessments have not incorporated the African heritage that forms one of the foundational cultures of Latin America and Spain. Culturally Relevant Pedagogy (CRP) is a lens through which language teachers are invited to examine curriculum, instruction, and assessment to ensure diversity and inclusion in the teaching of world languages. CRP in the Spanish classroom means going beyond learning about the many Spanish-speaking countries and taking a deeper dive into the multi-layered racial and ethnic fabric that makes up the Spanish-speaking world. Typically, Spanish teachers, textbooks, and assessments have not incorporated the African heritage that forms one of the foundational cultures of Latin America and Spain. This presentation offers participants examples and models for writing diverse, equitable, and inclusive (DEI) Spanish curricula and Spanish proficiency assessments. Content is applicable to other languages.
15. DIVERSIFYING ODA - AFRO-LATINO INCLUSION
Previous ODA Materials New ODA Materials
• Invisibility of Blacks in Spanish history (cul)
• Equatorial Guinea Independence from Spain (soc)
• René Juárez, Afro-Mexican Governor (pol)
• Afro-Colombian Music of Social Protest-BLM (cul)
• Environmental Protection of Ancestral Lands (env)
• Black female war hero in Argentina (mil)
• Afro-descendants in rural Argentina (geo)
• Racialized images in marketing-Blancaflor (soc)
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STEP 1: TAKE INVENTORY STEP 2: CHANGE STATUS QUO
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Despite a well-design and thoroughly executed plan for curriculum and assessment, there is room to improve in terms of equitable representation of Spanish-speakers and their global communities. 10 FLOs categories does not ensure racial-ethnic inclusivity in materials selection.
(Rosa & Flores, 2017)
Consider adding a hyperlink to a Rosa and/or Flores video.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fm1CKzdSvhs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5oPWMEJjGbk (Mena)
Let audience listen to one passage and see Qs ??
Add screen shots of ODA format.
Add listening file here. Show transcript while playing audio.
This is a reading & grammar activity on the perfect tenses (present and past)--
Trina's reflections/experiences: 1) Had to dig deep into periodicals to find material. Afro topics not on front page and easily found news and listed as related or most viewed articles/media. 2) Majority of Afro topics on the surface may seem to be soc/cultural. Thus, covering FLO topics is challenging. 3) Texts with a geographical focus contribute to understanding racial and ethnic relations. 4) Collaborating with likeminded colleagues makes material selection easier.
Sari's reflections/experiences:
Have participants read the bullets.
Have participants read the bullets.
Dion, S. Diversity and inclusion in world language teacher's instructional practices. -- This article does not get at the heart of inclusivity in materials selection nor does it overtly address the racial diversity. It is more of race neutral approach guided by student interests but with no mention of race as a criteria for diversity matters in WLE. I deleted this reference from the list.
Dion, S. Diversity and inclusion in world langauge teacher's instructional practices. -- This article does not get at the heart of inclusivity in materials selection nor does it overtly address the racial diversity. It is more of race neutral approach guided by student interests but with no mention of race as a criteria for diversity matters in WLE. I deleted this reference from the list.
