Bilingual Women of NASA
The presence of Hispanics on this continent predates the founding of
our Nation, and, as among the first to settle in the New World, Hispanics
and their descendants have had a profound and lasting influence on American
history, values, and culture. Since the arrival of the earliest Spanish
settlers more than 400 years ago, millions of Hispanic men and women have
come to the United States from Mexico, Puerto Rico, Cuba and other Caribbean
regions, Central America, South America, and Spain in search of peace,
freedom, and a more prosperous future. They brought with them a deep commitment
to family and community, a strong work ethic, and an unwavering belief
in the American Dream.
In order to meet the growing number of Spanish-speaking students in
our schools today, the Women of NASA project has a bilingual component.
Select Women of NASA profiles will be available in
English (profiles) and Spanish (profiles).
These bilingual Webchats will accommodate both English- and Spanish-speaking
participants. If a question is asked in English, the response will be
in English. If a question is asked in Spanish, the response will be in
Spanish. As with our other chats, participants are encouraged to research
the featured women by reading their profiles either in English or Spanish
to form appropriate questions. Chat
directions in Espanol
If you are interested in additional bilingual information, the following
list was compiled by Charlie Bauer, a Fourth Grade Dual Language Teacher
in Phoenix Elementary School. Nuestra Charla con
NASA describes his class's bilingual chat featuring Women of NASA,
Fanny Zuniga.
Bilingual
Education Materials
ESL
Education Sites
ESL Materials
CALL
(Computer Assisted Language Learning) Sites
CALL
Materials
NASA also provides
General Information and Space Shuttle Mission Chronology in Spanish
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