ILTS World Language: Spanish (260) case studies
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World Language: Spanish (260) is an Illinois Licensure Testing System (ILTS) content-area assessment for candidates seeking a Spanish world language teaching credential in Illinois. It is aimed at prospective and practicing teachers who need to demonstrate both Spanish language proficiency and the pedagogical and cultural knowledge required to teach Spanish in Illinois schools. The ILTS World Language: Spanish (260) case studies are 5 cases and about 3,729 words.
1Translating a Family Handbook: Register and Regional Lexicon
A suburban district is translating its 18-page family handbook into Spanish for 1,240 families. The translation vendor used usted throughout, computadora, registrarse, and programa después de clases.
769 words, about 4 min2Día de los Muertos Display: Religion, Region, and School Policy
An elementary school in a city with a large Guatemalan and Mexican community plans a Día de los Muertos display in the cafeteria for Nov. The Spanish club (grades 4-5, 36 students) wants sugar skulls, papel picado, and a Halloween-style costume parade on Oct.
762 words, about 4 min3Listening Test with Caribbean Spanish: Validity and Fairness
A high school Spanish 3 team built a 30-item interpretive listening test. Twelve items were recorded by a Puerto Rican speaker, eight by a Colombian Andean speaker, and ten by a Peninsular speaker.
726 words, about 4 min4Exchange Email to Seville: Pragmatics and Address Forms
A Spanish teacher at a high school is organizing a three-week exchange with a school in Seville for 22 students and four chaperones. The Andalusian coordinator, Doña Carmen, wrote a formal email using usted, Le agradeceríamos, and Nos permitimos solicitar.
695 words, about 3 min5Teaching Don Quijote: Edition Choice and Interpretation
A 10th-grade honors Spanish class of 27 students is reading an excerpt from Don Quijote, Part I, Chapter 1. The department has two editions: a 1605 facsimile with original spelling and a modernized school edition.
777 words, about 4 min