Forms and Helpful Links
Assessment of Language Proficiency in Spanish (ALPS)
Designed for those seeking bilingual education certification, ALPS (Assessment of Language Proficiency in Spanish) is a free evaluation to determine our students’ strengths and areas of development in their Spanish language skills. ALPS further addresses any Spanish development needed before our students complete bilingual education coursework in pre-clinical and clinical teaching semesters.
For more information about ALPS, please contact:
Amalia “Maya” Guirao - Educational Specialist
210-458-4426 • amalia.guirao@utsa.edu
Bilingual Education Student Organization
BESO provides fellowship, educational information, and assistance for students interested in Bicultural and Bilingual Studies. Led by a board of student officers, members participate in community volunteering and educational and professional opportunities, including traveling together to national and regional bilingual education conferences. Its membership is comprised of traditional and continuing students eager to receive and provide support to one another as they prepare to become certified future educators in our community. Members participate in an Induction Ceremony and an End of Year Celebration each semester and are recognized with earned memorabilia, including a BESO stole and medal. BESO is an affiliate of the Texas Association for Bilingual Education (TABE).
For more information about BESO, please contact:
A BESO Officer: besoutsa1@gmail.com
BESO Staff Advisor: Amalia “Maya” Guirao
(210) 458-4426 • amalia.guirao@utsa.edu
The Texas Language Education Research Organization (TexLER)
The mission of the Texas Language Education Research Organization (TexLER) is to provide its participants with a space to collaborate, discuss, and share ideas in the field of linguistics and foreign and second language teaching. We organize and host a yearly conference that provides the opportunity for researchers and educators from different contexts to discuss their ideas and share experiences. TexLER welcomes research studies and practice-oriented presentations that clearly establish connections between theory and practice in diverse contexts. Our goal is to offer an interdisciplinary forum for those interested in research findings with implications for the classroom as well as for those interested in pedagogical approaches to language learning, grounded in empirical findings. We welcome all educators and researchers to participate in this conference and become part of our ongoing critical discourse toward language learning.
For more information about TEXLER, please contact:
Dr. Kathryn Henderson, Faculty Advisor, Department of Bicultural-Bilingual Studies
(210) 458-4426 • Kathryn.Henderson2@utsa.edu
Ballet Folklórico de UTSA
Ballet Folklórico de UTSA is a dance group that teaches and shares choreographies from Mexico, which have been passed on for many years. Folklórico has as much complexity, variety, and history as the country of Mexico itself from its many different regions and states. In addition, folklórico can be traced all the way back to the ceremonial and social dances of indigenous people living in Mexico.
For more information, please contact:
Dr. Sidury Christiansen, Faculty Advisor, Department of Bicultural-Bilingual Studies
(210) 458-4426 • sidury.christiansen@utsa.edu
Premio Campoy-Ada
El premio Campoy-Ada, o Premio Nacional de Literatura Infantil y Juvenil en Lengua Española, es un galardón establecido con la finalidad de reconocer el mérito de obras de literatura infantil y juvenil escritas por ciudadanos o residentes de los Estados Unidos, escritas originalmente en español.
The Campoy-Ada Prize, or National Prize for Children's and Young Adults' Literature in the Spanish Language, is an award established with the purpose of recognizing the merit of works of children's and young adults' literature written by citizens or residents of the United States, originally written in Spanish.
ADLLE Community Lab
The mission of ADLLE Community Lab (Adult Digital Literacy through Language Education) is to teach basic digital literacy skills in the context of English-language lessons, helping address a lingering imbalance in digital access in Westside San Antonio. In addition to extending clients’ speaking, listening, reading, and writing skills, the lab aims to help them become critical consumers and producers of digital information in ways that are relevant to their own lives.
For more information, please contact:
Dr. Sidury Christiansen, Coordinator, Department of Bicultural-Bilingual Studies
(210) 458-4426 • sidury.christiansen@utsa.edu
