Spanish Students Teach Bilingual Skills Through Play

Duquesne undergraduate students partnered with Beachwood Elementary School immigrant children for the annual Reading to Play, Playing to Read skit day on April 19 in the Maurice Falk Lecture Room in Mellon Hall.

With guidance from Dr. Lucia Osa-Melero, assistant professor in the Department of Modern Languages, and adjunct lecturer Carmen Alicia Martínez, the undergraduates taught the children about exercise and nutrition through lesson plans and games conducted in Spanish. During the event, the children performed a series of short skits in Spanish to highlight what they have learned.

Reading to Play, Playing to Read is part of a collaboration between Duquesne and Casa San José, an afterschool program that links Latino neighbors with service providers in their communities to welcome them and promote integration.