EDU 362 - Languages Education

Course unit(s): 1
Prerequisite(s): EDU 206 - Integrating Curriculum & Instruction for Adolescent Learners and formal admission to the Education Certification Program.
This course will prepare students to be a teacher of foreign languages in grades K-12. Topics include school contexts for language learning, processes of secondary language acquisition, exemplary instructional strategies, and professional resources for curriculum and instruction. Students will be actively engaged in fieldwork placements to put the knowledge gained in the course into effective practice. By the end of the course, students will develop a philosophy of teaching languages and gain a repertoire of strategies that will make them effective teachers of languages. Fieldwork is required.