ED 624 - ESL: Understanding Language Learning

Institution:

Arcadia University

Subject:

Education

Description:

Spring and Summer This course addresses the processes of language learning from a variety of perspectives and engages students in an understanding of the structure and sound systems of English in relation to other languages and in relation to a variety of teaching strategies. By focusing both on a comparison of language structures and sound systems as well as theories of second language acquisition and development, this course allows students to learn about differences between learning a first and a second language and the influences of these processes on instructional principles and strategies. This course includes an intensive language learning component for students in the course that will allow them to reflect on their own learning processes in relation to language learning theories and to compare English to another language.

Credits:

4.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.arcadia.edu

Phone Number:

(215) 572-2900

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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