¡Bienvenidos!
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My name is Katherine Lupton and I am a Spanish Instructor and Graduate Student at Portland State University in Portland, Oregon. This website represents a collection of my favorite lesson plans, service learning projects, travel stories, and other resources. I created The Immersive Classroom to help Spanish teachers around the world to bring comprehensible resources into their own classrooms. |
Lesson Plans
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Spanish Immersion in the World Language Classroom |
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My Spanish curriculum provides students with a Spanish immersion experience. Students quickly realize that when they are able to overcome their fear of classroom instruction 100% in the target language, their language skills improve exponentially. Students create original written work, read Spanish novels, and discuss complex societal issues, all in the target language. |
Service Learning
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Integrating Students in Local Latino Communities |
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With my curriculum, students learn Spanish through the cultural context of the language. In my class, students are required to volunteer with our local Latino community, which helps students to hone their language skills and gain a greater understanding of the Spanish language and the Spanish-speaking community. |
Travel Abroad
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Appreciating Cultures, Opening Opportunities. |
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The best way to learn a language is to become immersed. This immersion occurs best through travel or through living abroad. A critical part of any Spanish curriculum is giving students the opportunity to travel abroad, while encouraging them to practice their language and increase their knowledge of the rich culture that supports the language. |
Explore, share, and keep in touch.
Please contact me with any questions, thoughts, or suggestions.
TheImmersiveClassroom@Gmail.com