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3.00 Credits
3 semester hours This course offers an analysis of ESL instructional materials, learning theories, learning styles, and strategies, and discussion of impact of technology (including available computer software) on early- and middle-childhood education for younger learners. Basic listening, communication, reading, and writing approaches; corrective pronunciation, personality factors and innovative teaching techniques as applicable to the adolescent and adult second language learner will be presented. Ohio and TESOL standards will be discussed and included in lesson planning.
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1.00 - 12.00 Credits
1 to 12 semester hour(s) This course involves residence, study, or work experience in a non-native country for a designated period of time. Semester hour(s) will be determined according to the length of the experience and the nature of the assignments.
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1.00 - 3.00 Credits
1 to 3 semester hour(s) Prerequisite: permission of the instructor This course is a seminar dealing with various issues facilitated by visiting scholars. Analysis from crosscultural and international perspectives is emphasized in the seminar. May be repeated, provided the topics are different.
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3.00 Credits
3 semester hours Prerequisite: BLMC 240 Building on material learned in BLMC 240, this team-taught course will employ a case-study approach combining political, economic, historical, and socio-cultural modes of analysis to problems of global significance. The course is intended to provide students with a solid understanding of important contemporary international issues and events, and to hone the analytic tools by means of which students may understand future developments in international relations. Cases might include problems in the Mid- East, Northern Ireland, Cuba, Canada, or Bosnia; famine in North Korea; financial difficulties in Asia; global environmental concerns; terrorism; the role of the United Nations; U.S.-China relations and Most Favored Nation (MFN) status; genocide in Africa (or elsewhere); and so forth.
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3.00 Credits
3 semester hours This course presents an overview of the history, immigration movements, and cultural traditions of the major Hispanic/Latino groups residing in the U.S. today. It examines important contributions that Spanish speakers have made to the multicultural fabric of American life (art, literature, music, politics, sports, business, and the professions). It also explores current political and social issues of concern to Hispanics. The course materials focus on contemporary media including film, periodicals and newspapers, popular music, and the Internet.
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3.00 Credits
3 semester hours This course presents an interdisciplinary overview of Afrocentrism and its proper place in a multicultural democracy such as ours. The course examines the life and composites of African-Americans from several perspectives (i.e., historical, psychological, social, and cultural) and recognizes the many contributions African-Americans have made to all segments of American life (i.e., government, business, the arts, sciences, and space research to name a few).
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3.00 Credits
3 semester hours This course will highlight methods of teaching social studies, math, science, and language arts in a bilingual/ESL classroom setting, including Ohio's grade level learning outcomes. Analysis of current mainstream and ESL teaching materials; strategies and techniques for adapting materials; discussion of impact of technology on second language education for early and middle childhood learners, and of computer software available; learning strategies; Sheltered English, and the CALLA approach will be focused upon.
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3.00 Credits
3 semester hours This course provides an overview of social realities such as class, ethnicity, age, gender, and style on language use in society. It involves relating language variation, register, style, dialects, code-switching, bilingualism, and communicative competence to the bilingual/ESL classroom to determine their effect on learning.
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2.00 - 3.00 Credits
2 to 3 semester hours Prerequisite: BLMC 310 or 320 or permission of the instructor This is an advanced course that focuses upon supervised field work and/or experiences in the teaching of English as a second language. Students' activities will include classroom observation, classroom teaching and/or tutoring in Intensive English Language Program (IELP), local schools, or schools in foreign countries.
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3.00 Credits
3 semester hours Prerequisites: BLMC 240, 340; COMM 340; GEOG 101 This course will 1) present students with the opportunity to apply much of the information from the program curriculum; 2) require students to develop a major research paper or project on a problem, event, or issue of significance in international studies; and 3) provide a vehicle for the International Studies Program faculty to further assess the success/failure of the program.
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