Tag: Próspero García

Researcher Leads Innovative Language Teaching Project in South Jersey Schools

Researcher Leads Innovative Language Teaching Project in South Jersey Schools

By Tom McLaughlin While research in applied linguistics and pedagogy is booming these days, language teachers and their students have yet to benefit from these research advances, explains Próspero García, an assistant professor of Spanish applied linguistics at Rutgers University–Camden. Looking to change that fact, the Rutgers–Camden researcher is now bringing pedagogical innovation to South […]

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Researcher and Student Team Up to Offer Spanish Language Pilot Program

Researcher and Student Team Up to Offer Spanish Language Pilot Program

Próspero Garcia, an assistant professor of Spanish at Rutgers–Camden, is leading the design and implementation of a successful pilot program at Absegami High School featuring “concept-based instruction,” a revolutionary pedagogical approach that he has been carrying out in his research.

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Students Learn Blogging Skills to Supplement Expertise

Students Learn Blogging Skills to Supplement Expertise

Jennifer Pope, a web designer for the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, gave in-class lessons on blogging to students of Próspero N. García, an assistant professor in the Department of Foreign Languages.

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Rutgers In The News

WPVI-TV (6 ABC): Saturday, April 10
“WALKING TRAIL IN UPPER DARBY TAKES VISITORS THROUGH HISTORIC TOUR ON THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD” Bart Everts (reference/instruction librarian, Paul Robeson Library) discusses the new trail in this television news report.
New Jersey Stage: Friday, April 9
“A HERO FOR THESE TIMES – CAMDEN COMIC CON GOES VIRTUAL” Miranda Powell (education and community programs coordinator, RCCA) discusses this year’s Camden Comic Con, presented by the Rutgers–Camden Center for the Arts, which takes place online April 12 – May 15.
Philadelphia Inquirer: Thursday, April 8
“INSIDE CAMDEN’S FIGHT TO VACCINATE THE MOST VULNERABLE” Kevin Emmons (associate dean and clinical associate professor, SNC) is running pop-up vaccine clinics in Camden City housing complexes.
TAPinto: Thursday, April 8
“CAMDEN ART EXHIBIT OFFERS ‘A NEW VIEW’ OF THE CITY” Rutgers–Camden is a lead partner for this environmentally themed public art project, which is funded by Bloomberg Philanthropies and will debut on Earth Day.
Star-Ledger: Tuesday, April 6
“FOR FIRST TIME EVER, SEE HOW COVID HIT EVERY TOWN IN N.J. IN 2020” Sarah Allred (faculty director, WRI and associate professor, FASC-psychology) discusses a report by the Senator Walter Rand Institute for Public Affairs about the correlation between coronavirus case rates and certain demographics in N.J. towns.
South Jersey Biz: March 2021
“THE LITTLE THINGS” Monica Adya (dean, SBC) is among the local leaders who were interviewed about the little things in life that can help relieve stress.