EDRD 8360:Literacy Instruction for English Language Learners

3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: Admission to the M.Ed. program in Inclusive Education.
The focus of this course is diversity, emphasizing issues related to content instruction for students with English as a second or foreign language. Specific issues include (but are not restricted to) first and second language acquisition, knowledge of proficiency levels, linguistic and phonemic awareness, phonics instruction, fluency, comprehension, content-area instructional strategies for comprehension and vocabulary, and adult learning and family issues. Distributed school leadership (DSL) will be embedded in the course to give candidates an opportunity to recognize their potential for teacher leadership, particularly as it relates to the learning and development, curriculum, assessment and instruction reform.