MTLE Spanish (164/165) case studies
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The MTLE Spanish (164/165) is the Minnesota teacher licensure content test for candidates who want to teach Spanish in Minnesota schools. It is designed for people who already have substantial Spanish ability and are completing, or have completed, a teacher preparation program; the test verifies the language proficiency and pedagogical knowledge that a world-language classroom demands. The MTLE Spanish (164/165) case studies are 5 cases and about 3,378 words.
1Heritage Speaker's Oral Narrative: Dialect, Register, and the Rubric
In a Spanish for Heritage Speakers II class of 26 students, most of them Mexican-American, Marisol records a two-minute oral narrative about her grandmother's migration from Michoacán in the 1960s. She speaks fluently and organizes the story clearly: 'Mi abuela vino de Michoacán en los años sesenta.
695 words, about 3 min2False Cognates, Punctuation, and the Persuasive Essay
In Spanish IV, a 17-year-old L2 student, Daniel, submits a 250-word persuasive essay on recycling. The opening reads: 'Actualmente, mucha gente no recicla porque es muy conveniente tirar la basura.
665 words, about 3 min3Subjunctive Unit in a Mixed Heritage and L2 Class
A Spanish III teacher has 30 students in a 50-minute period: 9 heritage speakers who grew up hearing Spanish at home and 21 L2 learners who have completed Spanish I–II. The department requires a three-week unit on the subjunctive with 'querer que,' 'es importante que,' and 'ojalá,' ending in a common chapter test.
676 words, about 3 min4Día de los Muertos: Parent Opt-Out and Classroom Diversity
A suburban middle school Spanish 1 teacher plans a five-day Día de los Muertos unit for 28 students. A parent emails that the unit 'celebrates death' and asks that her daughter be exempt from all activities, including making papel picado.
655 words, about 3 min5Common Writing Assessment: Score Gaps and Rubric Validity
Four Spanish II teachers in a district administer a common 45-minute presentational writing assessment to 120 students. The prompt asks students to describe 'una comida típica de tu familia' and explain why it is important.
687 words, about 3 min