EDU 399 - Teaching Literacy to World Language Learners

Institution:

Roger Williams University

Subject:

EDUCATION

Description:

Prerequisites: EDU 200 and EDU 202The primary focus of this course is communicative language learningand teaching to promote best practice in literacy instruction in asecond language. The emphasis is on high school levels III-V andAdvanced Placement. The course is designed to provide prospectiveworld language teachers with the skills necessary to apply soundeducational and language acquisition theories to the teaching andassessment of reading comprehension and the writing process. Theexamples of these organizing principles of language learning andinstruction will come from intermediate to advanced second languagelearners of a world language. In addition, this course requiressecondary world language teacher candidates to complete 15 hours inthe field observing the teaching and learning of a language as well asplanning and teaching a cultural or literary lesson with a cooperatingteacher in a high school setting.

Credits:

3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.rwu.edu

Phone Number:

(401) 253-1040

Regional Accreditation:

New England Association of Schools and Colleges

Calendar System:

Semester

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