Guideline 1
Spanish materials provide expanded and continuous opportunities for building students’ metalinguistic awareness through crosslinguistic connections.
Guideline 2
Spanish materials include a cross-linguistic connections scope and sequence that covers:
Specifications for Guideline 2
Specification 2A
orthography: stressed syllables, orthographic rules, written accent, complex letters.
Specification 2B
phonology: letters, phonemes, and letter-sound comparisons.
Specification 2C
morphology: cognates and false cognates; suffixes/ prefixes; articles and gendered articles; possessive nouns; contractions, etc
Specification 2D
syntax: word order, sentence length, passive voice, etc.
Specification 2E
semantics: cultural patterns, semantic cultural variations, idiomatic expressions, etc.
Specification 2F
pragmatics: appropriate formality/informality; intracultural/intercultural differences/similarities, etc.
Specification 2G
discourse styles: discourse markers, rhetorical structures such as linear, circular, zigzagging.
Guideline 3
Spanish materials include detailed guidance for teachers on how to:
Specifications for Guideline 3
Specification 3A
teach cross-linguistic connections and build metalinguistic and metabilingual awareness.
Specification 3B
provide appropriate instructional strategies to extend students’ knowledge of the similarities and differences between Spanish and English.
Specification 3C
create spaces for students to engage in self-guided crosslinguistic connections.
Guideline 4
Spanish materials include U.S. Latines’ hybrid identities, experiences, and norms that reflect the generational intersections of students and their families’ heritages and U.S. cultures.
Guideline 5
Spanish materials include positive and respectful strategies for how to include students’ families in the life of the classroom.
Guideline 6
Spanish materials recognize and include the historical and contemporary contributions of Spanish speaking individuals and groups to U.S. history, culture, social sciences, science, and other areas.
Guideline 7
Spanish materials portray realistic and positive images and illustrations
of Latine children and their cultures and avoid stereotypes.
