English, Spanish o los dos? Teaching professional writing on the U.S.-Mexico border

Theresa Donovan Teresa Quezada Isabel Baca The University of Texas at El Paso, USA ABSTRACT In “Spanish for the Professions and Specific Purposes: Curricular Mainstay,” Doyle discusses how SPSP is poised to become an “adaptable signature feature of future Spanish curricula” (2018: 96). Fo...

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Main Authors:	lvalue lvalue, Theresa L. Donovan, Teresa Quezada, Isabel Baca
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Language:	English
Published:	Universitat Jaume I. Department of English Studies 2020-06-01
Series:	Language Value
Subjects:	Professional Writing Programs Bilingual Writing in Higher Education Language for Specific Purposes
Online Access:	http://www.e-revistes.uji.es/index.php/languagevalue/article/view/4725

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description	Theresa Donovan Teresa Quezada Isabel Baca The University of Texas at El Paso, USA ABSTRACT In “Spanish for the Professions and Specific Purposes: Curricular Mainstay,” Doyle discusses how SPSP is poised to become an “adaptable signature feature of future Spanish curricula” (2018: 96). For SPSP to become a mainstay, Doyle argues that it requires “greater needs-grounded imagination (…) whose potential SPSP portfolios will vary according to educational missions and contexts” and proposes certificate programs as responsive and adaptable programs to fit diverse curricular contexts (96-97). In this paper, the authors discuss the development of a cross-disciplinary certificate program in Bilingual Professional Writing (Spanish/English) at a public university on the U.S./Mexico border to meet the needs of our unique student body and to better prepare students as globally-minded writing professionals. This model values students’ home languages and echoes Collier and Thomas’ (2004) assertion that a bilingual and dual language approach can be astoundingly effective at the university level.
topic	Professional Writing Programs Bilingual Writing in Higher Education Language for Specific Purposes
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English, Spanish o los dos? Teaching professional writing on the U.S.-Mexico border

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