期刊名称：EuroAmerican Journal of Applied Linguistics and Languages
电子版ISSN：2376-905X
出版年度：2015
卷号：2
期号：1
页码：1-19
出版社：E-JournALL
摘要：This paper presents a case study on the redesign of a S panish for H igh B eginners (SHB) course at a large metropolitan university in Texas, USA. The first section presents a discussion on the diverse nature of students who can benefit from an intensive fi rs t - year Spanish course and the challenges that these learners' mixed abilities pose for instruction. The second section describes the redesign process of the SHB course, including placement procedures, the Spanish Language Program sequence, and changes in t he syllabus to integrate communicative and transcultural competences by implementing a combination of focused instruction, collaborative learning and task - based approaches. The last section introduces a short presentation of four activities implemented in the redesigned course, which provide paths for future development of advanced beginners' integrative tasks. T he final section focuses on the results of an exit survey measuring students' perceptions of the course. The successful implementation of chan ges a nd its outcomes demonstrate that this course could be a relevant solution for Spanish programs at tertiary institutions with diverse populations, helping to solve challenges of placement, articulation, and time - to - graduation effectiveness.
关键词：INTENSIVE SPANISH; SPANISH FOR HIGH BEGINNERS; COURSE REDESIGN; COLLABORATIVE LEARNING.
