Practice
Academic Integrity Statement for Course Description
Academic Integrity At the University of Pennsylvania, this statement appears on all course descriptions in the language program in Romance Languages. Read more.
Appendices to Guide to Academic Integrity (Romance Languages, Penn)
The Appendices contain examples of the MLA format for citations. There are also a number of examples of plagiarism taken from the University of Pennsylvania Library web page. Read more.
Applying the Standards
The second day of the FLTA orientation at Penn includes a variety of teaching demos done by experienced TAs and lecturers. Read more.
Communicative Lesson Plan Sample
Communicative approachi sample lesson plan for a fifth class of elementary Spanish. Introduction of regular verb conjugations. Review of the verb "to be" and adjectives of personality. Read more.
Considering classroom diversity in order to design a flexible syllabus
This is a power point presentation (in Italian and English) that Professor Barbara Spinelli uses for graduate student training. Read more.
Content-based lesson plan: Comparative exercise on "Crucifixions in Spanish Art"
Description of a content-based lesson plan. Advanved language/culture course: "Aspectos culturales de España a través de su Arte". Comparative exercise in preparation for a comparative essay. Read more.
Culture Pedagogy in the Foreign Language Classroom
This handout accompanied the Introduction to Teaching Culture session by Dr. Erin Kearney at the Penn FLTA Orientation in 2007. Read more.
Developing a Teaching Portfolio for the Job Search
Kathryn K. McMahon developed this presentation for the Graduate Student Center at Penn; it is applicable to all disciplines, not simply foreign languages. Read more.
El primer día en la clase de español
Discription of a first day of class (Spanish Elementary). Intended for an instructor teaching for the first time. Read more.
Ficha pedagógica de autoevaluación
This worksheet is a tool for comparing a lesson’s objectives with what actually happened in class. Read more.