Arlenys’s Profile

Curso diseñado para hablantes de español como lengua de heren­cia que quieren prac­ticar y sen­tirse más cómodos us­ando el español como medio de ex­presión! Los es­tu­di­antes crean 5 proyec­tos dis­tin­tos en los que, entre otras ac­tivi­dades: nar­ran un evento sig­ni­fica­tivo per­sonal; dis­cuten noti­cias ac­tuales y de­scriben al­gu­nas car­ac­terísti­cas de su co­mu­nidad; in­ves­ti­gan y com­parten in­for­mación sobre los re­cur­sos co­mu­ni­tar­ios disponibles para his­panoh­ab­lantes en los cinco con­da­dos de Nueva York; anal­izan cómo las his­to­rias fa­mil­iares se rela­cio­nan con el bil­ingüismo. Course for speak­ers of Span­ish as a her­itage lan­guage who want to prac­tice and feel more con­fi­dent using Span­ish. Stu­dents cre­ate five dif­fer­ent pro­jects in which they nar­rate a sig­nif­i­cant event in their lives; dis­cuss cur­rent news; in­ves­ti­gate and share in­for­ma­tion re­gard­ing their com­mu­nity; re­flect on their fam­ily his­tory and their re­la­tion with bilin­gual­ism.

Curso diseñado para hablantes de español como lengua de herencia que quieren practicar y sentirse más cómodos usando el español como medio de expresión! Los estudiantes crean 5 proyectos distintos en los que, entre otras actividades: narran un evento significativo personal; discuten noticias actuales y describen algunas características de su comunidad; investigan y comparten información sobre los recursos comunitarios disponibles para hispanohablantes en los cinco condados de Nueva York; analizan cómo las historias familiares se relacionan con el bilingüismo. Course for speakers of Spanish as a heritage language who want to practice and feel more confident using Spanish. Students create five different projects in which they narrate a significant event in their lives; discuss current news; investigate and share information regarding their community; reflect on their family history and their relation with bilingualism.

This course will ac­quaint stu­dents with the so­cial wel­fare sys­tem of the United States. An his­tor­i­cal per­spec­tive helps to il­lu­mi­nate the evo­lu­tion of cur­rent poli­cies, pro­grams and prac­tices. Poverty in the U.S. is an­a­lyzed as well as the spe­cific pro­grams which have been de­vel­oped to al­le­vi­ate it. Cross-cul­tural ap­proaches to so­cial wel­fare are also ex­am­ined. This course meets the re­quire­ments as a lib­eral arts elec­tive in so­cial sci­ence.

This course will acquaint students with the social welfare system of the United States. An historical perspective helps to illuminate the evolution of current policies, programs and practices. Poverty in the U.S. is analyzed as well as the specific programs which have been developed to alleviate it. Cross-cultural approaches to social welfare are also examined. This course meets the requirements as a liberal arts elective in social science.