Find out more about Graduate Certificate in Spanish Heritage Language Education

Program Details

George Mason University offers an innovative online program that emphasizes social justice as it prepares educators as advocates for heritage speakers of Spanish. Through the online foreign language graduate program, you learn to create and implement teaching materials and curricula. The faculty use an antiracist, social justice-oriented approach to teaching Spanish. Outcomes of this online foreign language program include:

• Expertise in the linguistic and sociolinguistic profiles of heritage speakers of Spanish
• Differences from traditional second language learners
• Exploration of key issues in heritage language education
• Exposure to current Latin American and Latinx culture, literature, television, and film

Through a lens of critical pedagogy and linguistic inclusion, the online program, one of the few in the US, provides graduate-level knowledge of the educational needs of heritage speakers of Spanish. This valuable credential can help you rise above other candidates seeking Spanish-language educator positions.

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