Lang LitDev in Content Are

3 Credits · Level: Graduate, Undergraduate

The course will equip students with the foundational knowledge about literacy development in the content areas. Students examine how the functions and forms of reading and writing differ and overlap in the content areas and research-based strategies for content-based literacy instruction. Students will evaluate text structure, linguistic demand and vocabulary. As a result of this course students will be able to teach K-12 learners how to communicate content knowledge as well as comprehend and interpret content area text. Students take Content and Literacy Development Pedagogy simultaneously with Teaching Residency 2 so that a dialogic relationship exists between the course and the K-12 residency classroom experience.