Teaching Bilingual Students in Secondary Education

3 credits

In EDUC 6347 participants will learn instructional methods for bilingual, English as a Second Language (ESL), and mainstream Middle and High School classrooms. This includes literacy and content area instructional approaches applicable to secondary classrooms. Other topics include history and legislation related toEnglish Learnersand bilingual education as well as the influence of language and culture on students, instruction, curriculum, and assessment. This course combines theory, research, and practice to enable participants to develop the knowledge to work with students who function in more than one language and across cultures.