Romance Languages and Literatures

Silvana Falconi

Associate Professor of the Practice in Hispanic Studies

Senior Coordinator, Spanish Language Program (Lower Level)

Language Teaching and Second Language Acquisition Training (selection)

Español como Lengua de Herencia: Teoría y Práctica. Harvard University and Instituto Cervantes, May 2014.

Training in new methodologies in second language acquisition and technological advances in foreign language instruction, Pearson Higher Education, 2010-2013.

Course Redesign, Pearson Higher Education/National Center for Academic Transformation (NCAT), Florida, September, 2009.

ACTFL Oral Proficiency Interview (OPI) Tester Training of Spanish, Middlebury College, July 2006.

Projects

Content Developer, Pearson Higher Education, Mosaicos, an elementary Spanish textbook for 1st-year college-level Spanish, August 2013. 6th edition published in December 2013.

Content Developer, Proyecto Ancla: a technology-enhanced instructional project developing an educational website for Spanish, Department of Spanish and Portuguese, Indiana University, 2005-2009.

Books Reviewed

Vistazos: Un Curso Breve 2nd edition a concise textbook for first-year college-level Spanish, McGraw-Hill Higher Education, May 2007.

Comunicación Reflexiva, an advanced grammar textbook for third-year college-level Spanish, Pearson Higher Education, December 2004.

Paso Adelante, an advanced beginner textbook for first-year college-level Spanish, Houghton Mifflin, November 2004.

El Mundo Hispánico en sus Historias, an advanced conversation textbook for third- or fourth-year college-level Spanish, Pearson Higher Education, March 2003.

Multimedia materials for the true beginner focused on conversational Spanish, Microsoft Encarta Language Learning: Spanish, October 2000.