Get the latest campus Functional Spanish for Emergency Medical Responders
Possessing strong communication skills is vitally important to the work of Emergency
Medical Responders (EMR). However, communication can be hampered if an EMR and a patient
do not share the same language. This course offers lessons that will help EMR’s develop
essential Spanish listening and speaking skills that will help them understand and
be understood when communicating in Spanish. Participants will receive short thematic
lessons that will teach them essential Spanish words and phrases that they will likely
encounter on the job. They will also receive a Spanish phrasebook for reference.
This class is offered in partnership with The Hub for Language Teaching and Learning.
This section of Functional Spanish for Emergency Medical Responders is made possible
by a generous gift from Bank of America. It will also help Fresno State expand the
content into other lines of work that will impact those serving our community.
Audience: Non-Spanish Speaking Emergency Medical Responders who work in areas with sizable Spanish speaking populations, such as the Central Valley.
Dates: September 14, 2020 - December 17, 2020 (10 lessons) Online, asynchronous. Requires approximately 10 hours to complete.
Students who complete all modules by December 17, 2020, will receive a certificate of completion.
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Fee: Free reserved seats available for first responders. Class number 77510. Register online
by clicking on the Blue registration button below.
Instructors: Dr. Jaydene Elvin is the coordinator of The Hub for Language Teaching and Learning
and a professor in the Department of Linguistics, where she is the coordinator for
the Teaching English to Speakers of other Languages/Second Language Acquisition and
Teaching program. Prior to earning her doctorate, she earned a BA in Spanish and an
MA in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages. Dr. Elvin lived and studied
in Spain for one year and has returned for teaching and research purposes.
Cheryl Chan is the assistant coordinator of The Hub for Language Teaching and Learning
with over 20 years of experience in the field of Teaching English as a Second Language.
After earning an MA from UCLA, she taught abroad in Mexico and Germany as well as
at the adult, community college, and college/university levels in California.