FOUNDATIONS OF WORLD LANGUAGE EDUCATION

Prerequisites & course information

Requisites: Graduate/professional standing Course Designation: Grad 50% - Counts toward 50% graduate coursework requirement Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Summer 2026 Learning Outcomes: 1. Articulate the sociopolitical evolution of language teaching in U.S. schools in historical and contemporary contexts. Audience: Graduate 2. Articulate the needs, goals, and benefits of language learning to a variety of stakeholders: students, colleagues, administrators, lawmakers, parents, and community members. Audience: Graduate 3. Identify and evaluate current trends and innovations in the teaching of languages. Audience: Graduate 4. Identify and critique their own biases with regard to the teaching and learning of languages. Audience: Graduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Articulate the sociopolitical evolution of language teaching in U.S. schools in historical and contemporary contexts. Audience: Graduate 2. Articulate the needs, goals, and benefits of language learning to a variety of stakeholders: students, colleagues, administrators, lawmakers, parents, and community members. Audience: Graduate 3. Identify and evaluate current trends and innovations in the teaching of languages. Audience: Graduate 4. Identify and critique their own biases with regard to the teaching and learning of languages. Audience: Graduate