Workshops 
In this page you will find several resources from previous events hosted by TeCHS and COERLL. Some of the events you will find here are our Open Educational Resource Hangouts, and our yearly workshops. Please keep in mind that 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.
9th TeCHS Summer Workshop 2023
Strengthening Bilingual and Professional Pathways for Heritage Speakers
- Workshop agenda (Google doc)
- Workshop documents
April 2023 SHL Hangout with Lillie Padilla & Rosti Vana
The (Re)presentation of Afro-Latinx in Spanish Language Textbooks
February 2023 SHL Hangout with Emily Bernate
La combi completa: Encouraging Grammar, Dialect, and Cultural Competence through Reggaetón
December 2022 SHL Hangout with Stacey Alex & Elena Foulis
Open Educational Textbooks for Bilingual Students
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
February 2022 SHL Hangout with Marta Silva
Building Bridges and Fostering Communities in our Classrooms
November 2021 SHL Hangout with Adrienne Brandenburg
High-Leverage Strategies for Teaching Writing
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
May 2021 SHL Hangout
with Dr. Margarita Casas & Dr. Flavia Belpoliti
Creating, adapting, sharing: OER in SHL instruction
March 2021 SHL Hangout with Lillian Cano
Creative Ways to Teach Spanish for Heritage Speakers: Authentic Media
November 2020 SHL Hangout with Elga D. Sepúlveda Suárez
The use of Voki for a successful student-engagement experience with Spanish heritage learners
September 2020 SHL Hangout with Dr. Emily Bernate
Teaching and assessing grammar through critical pedagogy for Spanish heritage language
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
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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
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