Investigating the design and outcomes of a task-based Spanish course (Claudia Fernández)
CATE Seminar Series
October 17, 2024
1:00 PM - 2:30 PM
Location
Teaching Excellence Building (TEB) Room 201 or online on Zoom
Address
924 S. Morgan St., Rm 201, Chicago, IL 60607
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The CATE Seminar Series features the work of UIC instructors who are investigating how their teaching practices impact the learning experiences of their students in their courses. In this session, participants will hear from scholars about their research findings in the first hour. In the second half hour, participants in-person will be able to consult with CATE staff on how to apply the scholars’ teaching strategies, research methodology, and/or research findings to their own practice and research. All faculty, staff, graduate students and postdocs are welcome to attend. Light refreshments will be provided at the session.
Speaker: Claudia Fernández, Hispanic and Italian Studies
Title: Investigating the design and outcomes of a task-based Spanish course: Results of a classroom-based study
Abstract: Teaching additional languages via tasks is based on a well-researched and theoretically solid framework; however, in-classroom studies about the linguistic outcomes and students' perceptions of task value are still under-investigated, specially in higher education US contexts. The purpose of this study is to shed some light on curriculum design, task-based language teaching and learning, and students' perceptions in a Spanish fourth semester course at UIC.
Format: This seminar will be in a synchronous-distributed format. It is an on-campus, in-person event with option to join online via live streaming.
Inclusion and Accessibility Information: CATE is committed to making events accessible. CATE’s in-person events typically involve a combination of presentation and discussion-based activities. We welcome ASL interpreters, note-takers, and accompanying assistants to in-person CATE events. The TEB is wheelchair accessible with an elevator to the second floor space. The TEB space is equipped with fixed-height tables that are moveable and can be reconfigured. There are single-occupancy, all-gender, accessible bathrooms on the second and basement levels of TEB. CATE’s online events are delivered through Zoom, will use Zoom auto-captions, and may include breakout rooms and group discussion. Sessions will use Zoom projected with the Zoom into the physical space. The TEB space also has built-in ceiling microphones throughout the room so Zoom attendees can hear the session facilitators and conversation from in-person attendees. If you have any accessibility questions, requests, or to coordinate accommodations, please contact the CATE team at teaching@uic.edu.
Date posted
Aug 2, 2024
Date updated
Oct 8, 2024