METHODS OF TEACHING ITALIAN

Prerequisites & course information

Requisites: Graduate/professional standing Course Designation: Grad 50% - Counts toward 50% graduate coursework requirement Repeatable for Credit: Yes, unlimited number of completions Last Taught: Spring 2026 Learning Outcomes: 1. Articulate key concepts of and classroom techniques for communicative, literacy-oriented instruction of the language. Audience: Graduate 2. Apply key concepts related to communicative, literacy-oriented teaching to designing instructional materials for elementary-level language courses. Audience: Graduate 3. Increase engagement in pedagogical discourse on collegiate language teaching and learning. Audience: Graduate 4. Explain the current U.S. collegiate foreign language curriculum, including enrollment trends, learner demographics, and programmatic challenges. Audience: Graduate 5. Describe the historical uses of literacy and how literacy development has been conceptualized in language education. Audience: Graduate 6. Define key concepts of the multiliteracies approach as a critical pedagogy in language. Audience: Graduate 7. Apply concepts of literacy and the multiliteracies approach in the design of a course syllabus. Audience: Graduate 8. Display increasing engagement in pedagogical discourse related to collegiate foreign language teaching. Audience: Graduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Articulate key concepts of and classroom techniques for communicative, literacy-oriented instruction of the language. Audience: Graduate 2. Apply key concepts related to communicative, literacy-oriented teaching to designing instructional materials for elementary-level language courses. Audience: Graduate 3. Increase engagement in pedagogical discourse on collegiate language teaching and learning. Audience: Graduate 4. Explain the current U.S. collegiate foreign language curriculum, including enrollment trends, learner demographics, and programmatic challenges. Audience: Graduate 5. Describe the historical uses of literacy and how literacy development has been conceptualized in language education. Audience: Graduate 6. Define key concepts of the multiliteracies approach as a critical pedagogy in language. Audience: Graduate 7. Apply concepts of literacy and the multiliteracies approach in the design of a course syllabus. Audience: Graduate 8. Display increasing engagement in pedagogical discourse related to collegiate foreign language teaching. Audience: Graduate