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Course Criteria
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3.00 Credits
This course is designed to acquaint students with fundamental knowledge of general linguistics in order to teach English language learners in K-12 setting. It introduces the origins and nature of language, examines the language systems, and how meaning is structured. In particular, the course will focus on the core areas of linguistics and interdisciplinary aspects. The core linguistics will include phonetics (the study of speech sounds), phonology (the sound system of languages), morphology (the internal structure of words), syntax (the sentence structure), and semantics (the study of word and sentence meanings). The interdisciplinary areas will incorporate language and sociolinguistics (language in social contexts.
Prerequisite:
ELED506 AND ELED507
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3.00 Credits
This course will offer an overview of a variety of materials that will benefit ELL students in the acquisition of the English language as well as in gaining knowledge in the content areas. This course will be an in-depth study of how to design ESL reading and writing classes and how to create instruction and assessment materials for these clases based on sound pedagogical principles. Much of the course will include hands-on experience, discussion, and practical application of course topics. A key component of the course is the student's participation in volunteer ESL teaching.
Prerequisite:
ELED506 AND ELED507 AND ELED508
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3.00 Credits
This course will explore the development of effective community partnerships and the integral role of English Language Learner (ELL) families within communities and schools. Discussion will include the different community contexts of ELL families and how they affect family functioning. This course will emphasize the understanding of how ELL students' learning is influenced by individual experiences, talents, disabilities, gender, language, culture, family, and community values. The students will be challenged to apply knowledge of the richness of contributions from our diverse linguistic and cultural society to your teaching field.
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3.00 Credits
This course will include specific local, state, and federal laws governing ESL programs and services that will be discussed in detail. The impact, application of the laws, and strategies for complying with them in the K-12 setting are major areas of focus. Students will explore the various ways in which issues of language intersect with issues of the law. We will study, through the analysis of specific pieces of legislation and specific court cases, how issues related to the ELL students are answered. The course will also focus on the ways in which legislation, policy and jurisprudence affect minority language cultures in the US schools.
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3.00 Credits
This course deals with integrating all the arts into the elementary school curriculum with or without arts specialists. It concerns itself with education in, through, and about the arts for aesthetic and motivational purposes.
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3.00 Credits
This course will examine individual differences, types of learning styles, and various strategies which are used to individualize instruction. Students will work on individual projects which can be applied directly to their own teaching assignment. Although emphasis is placed on elementary education, many topics will apply to the K-12 classroom.
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3.00 Credits
This course examines current research in creativity. Students are encouraged to investigate their own creative process and develop strategies for enriching teaching strategies. Best teaching practices for enhancing creativity in the classroom are studied.
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6.00 Credits
This course includes a quarter of guided teaching in a Middle Level setting, self-contained 4th, 5th, or 6th grade classroom and an accompanying on-campus seminar. This clinical field experience is designed to provide the student with the opportunity to develop further competencies and an understanding of the teaching-learning process necessary for effective teaching in the middle level setting.
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3.00 Credits
This course examines current elementary school language arts curricula, newer approaches to organization of elementary schools and classrooms for implementation of learning in the language arts; modern techniques of teaching, listening, speaking, and written communications; investigation of research studies in elementary school language arts.
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3.00 Credits
This course presents a critical evaluation of materials which will meet the needs of teachers and children in the use of literature in the curriculum. Special attention is paid to the social and personal issues in the child's life and the use of bibliotherapy in the elementary classroom. Emphasis is also placed on building a literature-based classroom curriculum.
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