EDU 410 Teaching the English Language Learner
This course prepares teacher candidates to distinguish between the various theories of acquiring a new language. Teacher candidates will identify and apply research-based strategies for providing English language learners (ELLs) optimal learning environments that provide meaningful access to standards-based instruction. This course places a special emphasis on instructional planning and methods that facilitates student success with academic language and academic texts. Candidates will demonstrate the ability to use assessment data to differentiate and modify instruction. Candidates will also demonstrate an understanding of schools' legal responsibilities toward ELLs and their families, and current trends in the area of giving instruction to ELLs. Candidates will review the strategies for developing effective techniques for communication between home and school, eliminating cultural prejudices, stereotyping, and integrating a multicultural perspective in schools within the context of a biblical worldview. Prerequisites: EDU 204 and EDU 333. 3 credits.
Prerequisite
( EDU333 AND EDU204 )