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Dr GABRIELA ZAPATA's Outputs (4)

The Role of Digital, Learning by Design Instructional Materials in the Development of Spanish Heritage Learners’ Literacy Skills (2017)
Book Chapter
Zapata, G. (2018). The Role of Digital, Learning by Design Instructional Materials in the Development of Spanish Heritage Learners’ Literacy Skills. In Multiliteracies Pedagogy and Language Learning: Teaching Spanish to Heritage Speakers (67-106). Springer International Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-63103-5_3

This chapter investigates the role that pedagogical material based on the tenets of the Multiliteracies approach Learning by Design can play on the development of Spanish heritage speakers’ literacy skills and metalinguistic awareness. Twenty-nine st... Read More about The Role of Digital, Learning by Design Instructional Materials in the Development of Spanish Heritage Learners’ Literacy Skills.

A Match Made in Heaven: An Introduction to Learning by Design and Its Role in Heritage Language Education (2017)
Book Chapter
Zapata, G. (2018). A Match Made in Heaven: An Introduction to Learning by Design and Its Role in Heritage Language Education. In G. C. Zapata, & M. Lacorte (Eds.), Multiliteracies Pedagogy and Language Learning: Teaching Spanish to Heritage Speakers (1-26). Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-63103-5_1

Since its development, Learning by Design has successfully guided instructional programs for a variety of subjects, including second language literacy, in elementary, middle, and high schools in Australia. The framework has been significant in offeri... Read More about A Match Made in Heaven: An Introduction to Learning by Design and Its Role in Heritage Language Education.

Multiliteracies Pedagogy and Language Learning: Teaching Spanish to Heritage Speakers (2017)
Book
(2018). G. C. Zapata, & M. Lacorte (Eds.), Multiliteracies Pedagogy and Language Learning: Teaching Spanish to Heritage Speakers. Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-63103-5

This book is the first volume to be devoted to the examination of the application of the multiliteracies pedagogical framework to the teaching of Spanish to heritage language learners in higher education institutions in the United States. The Hispani... Read More about Multiliteracies Pedagogy and Language Learning: Teaching Spanish to Heritage Speakers.