Teaching Preparation and Practice

2 units

This course prepares students to become independent classroom managers of Japanese/Chinese language programs in American institutions of higher education. Through discussion, model class observation, lesson plan development, rehearsal teaching, demo teaching of classes in a parallel language course, and reflecting on their demo teaching, students develop skills for lesson plan development, classroom management of activities, feedback, and assessment. Concurrent registration in Elementary JPN/CHN Pedagogical Grammar and Teaching JPN/CHN as a Foreign Language is required.