Spanish Language Teacher Workshop
L2TReC: Second Language Teaching Center
This workshop will consist of two complementary sessions of two days each, as follows:
“La historia de la lengua en la sala de lengua” Dr. Devin Jenkins
In this workshop, we will examine diachronic language change (in some cases, since Classical Latin) and its relationship to teaching Spanish today. We will cover sound (phonological) changes, structural (morphosyntactic) changes, and external (social) changes that have impacted the language, focusing on those areas that have direct implications for modern classroom teaching.
“Romances, epopeyas y héroes” Dr. Gary Atwood-Méndez
This part of the workshop offers a diachronic exploration of the heroes of ballads and epics from medieval Castilian literature through the Imperial / Colonial period and into the twentieth and twenty-first centuries in Spain and Latin America. We will consider how the ballad and epic form have been reshaped to portray new realities, political ideas and aesthetic ideals, and how these forms themselves have become associated with sp…
Campus Locations: Gardner Commons - Carolyn and Kem (GC). Cost: $120. Ticket URL: https://uofu.nbsstore.net/spanish-teacher-workshop. Campus Wide Event: Yes.
Monday, June 22, 2026, 9:00 AM – Thursday, June 25, 2026, 4:00 PM.