Abstract:
For five weeks I traveled to Burris Laboratory School at Ball State University to create and facilitate an after-school Spanish Club Program for lower elementary children one day a week. During each week's lesson we covered a different topic or element of the Spanish language or culture. First we discussed an overview of the Spanish language and where Spanish is spoken around the world. Following, we discussed Spanish pronunciation and the vowel sounds used in Spanish. In the following sessions we covered topics such as colors, numbers, and short conversational lines expressing emotions or status of health From each after-school session I compiled an annotated lesson plan that discusses specific pedagogical strategies that were incorporated within the lessons and the effectiveness they have for new language acquisition.
