On this page you will find resources from previous events hosted by TeCHS. All resources on this page are released under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License unless otherwise noted. Please see our licensing page for more details.
10th TeCHS Summer Workshop 2024
Engaging Heritage Spanish Learners Beyond the Classroom
Workshop agenda (Google doc)
Workshop documents
Workshop videos
9th TeCHS Summer Workshop 2023
Strengthening Bilingual and Professional Pathways for Heritage Speakers
- Workshop agenda (Google doc)
- Workshop documents
8th TeCHS Summer Workshop 2022
Fostering Inclusion and Critical Agency in SHL Education: Engaging Learners with OER
- Workshop agenda (Google doc)
- Workshop documents
- Workshop videos
7th TeCHS Summer Workshop 2021
From Design to Success: SHL Teaching Practices for Engaging and Empowering our Students
- Workshop agenda (Google doc)
- Workshop documents
- Workshop video
6th TeCHS Summer Workshop 2020
Effective methods to advance Heritage Spanish teaching
- Workshop agenda (Google doc)
- Workshop documents
- Workshop video
5th TeCHS Summer Workshop 2019
New Perspectives and Techniques for Teaching Spanish as a Heritage Language
4th TeCHS Summer Workshop 2018
From Conception to Implementation: Creating and Sustaining a Heritage Spanish Language Program
- Workshop agenda (PDF)
- Presentation Videos, handouts, and slides
- HL Program Development: Administrative and Pedagogical Aspects (Gabriela Zapata)
- Introduction to OER and the Heritage Spanish Website and Community (Sarah Sweeney & Jocelly Meiners)
- Basic Sociolinguistic Concepts for the Heritage Spanish Classroom (José Esteban Hernández & Yanina Hernández)
- Spanish HL Learning and Teaching: Coming of Age (Flavia Belpoliti)
- Creating OER for the Spanish Heritage Language Classroom (José Esteban Hernández & Yanina Hernández)
- Q&A (All presenters)
3rd TeCHS Summer Workshop 2017
Adapting OER activities for your heritage Spanish classroom
- Workshop agenda (PDF)
- Presentation Handouts
- Creating and adapting OER materials for Your Heritage Spanish Learners (Maria Carreira)
- La sociolingüística (Claudia Holguín Mendoza)
- La sociolingüística full unit (Claudia Holguín Mendoza)
- “Empowering Students of Spanish” index of units from the Department of Romance Languages, University of Oregon (Claudia Holguín Mendoza)
- Dechaine, Rose-Marie, Strang Burton, Rose-Marie Déchaine, and Eric Vatikiotis-Bateson. “Ten Myths about Language Busted by Linguists.” Linguistics for Dummies. Mississauga: John Wiley & Sons, 2013. 323-29.
- Creating Thematic Units for Developing Writing and Critical Awareness in Heritage Spanish Courses (José Esteban Hernández and Yanina Hernández)
- Presentation Videos
- Day 1 – Opening Session (Carl Blyth & Sarah Sweeney)
- Day 1 – Presentation 1 (Claudia Holguín Mendoza)
- Day 1 – Presentation 2 (Part 1) (Maria Carreira)
- Day 1 – Presentation 2 & Activities (Part 2) (Maria Carreira)
- Day 2 – Presentation 1 (José Esteban & Yanina Hernández)
- Day 2 – Presentation & Activities (Maria Carreira)
- Presentation Slides
- Creating Thematic Units for Developing Writing and Critical Awareness in Heritage Spanish Courses (Jose Esteban Hernández and Yanina Hernández)
2nd TeCHS Summer Workshop 2016
Adapting and Creating Activities for Heritage Learners of Spanish
- Workshop agenda
- Presentation Slides
- Teaching Spanish Heritage Language Learners: Essential principles and strategies (Maria Carreira)
- Integrating Video-Based Activities to the SHL Classroom (Jose Esteban Hernandez and Yanina Hernandez)
- Creating and Assessing Digital Projects in the SHL Classroom (Claudia Holguín Mendoza)
- Creating, Licensing and Sharing Heritage Spanish OER (Carl Blyth)
- Presentation Handouts
- Principles and Strategies for Teaching HL learners (Maria Carreira)
- Integrating Video-Based Activities to the SHL Classroom (Jose Esteban Hernández and Yanina Hernández)
- Creating and Assessing Digital Projects in the SHL Classroom – Handout 1 (Claudia Holguín Mendoza)
- Creating and Assessing Digital Projects in the SHL Classroom – Handout 2 (Claudia Holguín Mendoza)
- Presentation Videos
- Creating, Licensing and Sharing Heritage Spanish OER (Carl Blyth)
- Teaching Spanish Heritage Language Learners (Maria Carreira)
- Integrating Video-Based Activities (Yanina & Jose Esteban Hernández)
- Creating and Assessing Digital Projects (Claudia Holguín Mendoza)
1st TeCHS Summer Workshop 2015
Developing Materials for Heritage Learners of Spanish
- Workshop agenda
- Presentation Slides
- Heritage Language Courses at UT: Goals, Curriculum and Challenges (Delia Montesinos)
- Spanish as a Heritage Language at the University of Oregon: ¡Logros, retos, planes y esperanzas! (Claudia Holguín Mendoza)
- Presentation Videos
- UO’s Spanish as a Heritage Language Program (Claudia Holguín Mendoza)
- The Heritage Spanish Program at UT Austin (Delia Montesinos)
- Workshop Discussion