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Professor at York College, City University of New York.

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I began my career many years ago as a bilingual teacher in New York City

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and have gone on to become a tenured faculty member, catedrática, and researcher.

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In 2012, I came to Spain to research bilingual programs that we're developing

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and I returned many times to provide workshops and seminars all around Spain.

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This year, I've been invited to provide a course specially designed for bilingual teachers

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with language assistance in Madrid, who teach English language arts, natural and social

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sciences, physical education, art, and music.

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I hope you will find my topics and way of presenting enjoyable, useful, and advantageous.

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So the topic of my workshop is HELP!

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There's a language assistant in my classroom.

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It will be a hands-on active participation workshop conducted in English.

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The format will consist of five modules divided between face-to-face and independent distance

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learning.

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The face-to-face will be conducted in a condensed, concise time frame and the distance time will

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be when you will independently apply the concepts of each module to your individual classroom

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with my support and assistance, and explore ways to maximize the benefit of having a language

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assistant.

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The topics that will be covered are, Module 1, Help!

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I have a language assistant.

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assistant. Where do I begin? 2. Okay, there's a language assistant in my classroom. How

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do we work together? 3. We are a team. How do we develop teaching methods, materials

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and techniques? 4. Let's talk, listen and have a conversation. 5. Let's have some fun!

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By the end of the workshop, you will create a product for each of the modules for your

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personal use such as a getting ready handbook and a personal checklist and language assistant

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management plan. You will develop strategies to create a collegial teaching environment with your

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assistant, lesson plans to improve your students vocabulary and language skills using the assistant

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as the language model, and fun and enjoyable student-centered hands-on games or projects.

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I hope you'll decide to sign up for my workshop as I think we'll have a lot of fun

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as we work together to maximize your language assistant experience. Hasta luego!