EDMS 463 - Teaching Reading and Language to Beginning Learners Fall,Spring

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Sonoma State University

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Description:

Philosophy, goals, and pedagogy in reading and language arts in grades K-3. Candidates examine early literacy development and teaching/learning processes in order to extend their knowledge and competencies to teach reading, writing, and other sign systems to students of diverse backgrounds. Candidates learn to assess and build upon the oral and written language strengths children bring to school, with attention to print awareness, control of language (semantics, syntax, grapho-phonemics, pragmatics), functions of oral and written language, literature and text interpretation, language conventions, writing strategies, writing applications, and non-written communication. Literacy is viewed as a dynamic and multidimensional human process that enables individuals to express, communicate, and reflect on their experiences, hopes, and dreams. Reading and writing involve constructive strategies of composition and comprehension, situated in particular contexts and carried out for personal and social purposes. Language and literacy vary according to regional, historical, social, cultural, political, and economic influences; these and other factors must be interrogated and taken into account in instructional decisions. All children learn language, learn about language, and learn through language by using language in natural contexts. Grade only.

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3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.sonoma.edu

Phone Number:

(707) 664-2880

Regional Accreditation:

Western Association of Schools and Colleges

Calendar System:

Semester

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