EDU 511 - Teaching for Multilingual Development

Course unit(s): 1
This course expands EDU 211, 212 Inclusive Education for Emergent Bilingual Students, a required course in PK-4 and 7-12 certificate programs. It is designed to prepare teachers to engage students in research-based methods for language instruction and assessment. Students will be prepared to teach language courses from a communicative standpoint and will develop the skills to design lessons that produce competent L2 English users. With a base understanding of culture awareness and sensitivity, identity, and language acquisition this course will delve deeper into the construction of research based instruction for multilingual learners. Course topics include the application of theories and research in second language acquisition to classroom teaching, assessment of learners’ language proficiency and development over time, task-based and content-based approaches language teaching, and lesson design and delivery that targets learners’ language and literacy needs in the four domains.