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ECLD 400 Methods and Approaches of Teaching Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Students

In this course, students will learn about how to support emergent bilingual students in K-12 classrooms, including effective methods, approaches, assessments, and programs for teaching English as a Second Language. Topics for the course include: principles of second language acquisition, culturally sustaining pedagogy, language acquisition strategies across the four language domains (listening, speaking, reading, and writing), and instructional approaches for simultaneously teaching, or integrating, academic language and content. Through application activities and a culminating integrative lesson design project, students will develop deep understanding of how to put theory and research into practice to create responsive and supportive learning spaces for emergent bilingual students.

Credits

3

Offered

Generally offered Fall and/or Spring Annually

Prerequisite

(ECLD 260 and ECLD 341and ECLD 380 and WLC 390 with a minimum grade of D-)

Corequisite

ECLD 401