ECE 4525: Methods of Nurturing Second Language Acquisition

3 Credit Hours

Prerequisite: Admission to the Teacher Education program; EDUC 2120.
Corequisite: ECE 3570

Candidates will be introduced to the stages of early language development and learn strategies for fostering that development in children birth through five years of age. Candidates will learn appropriate techniques for working with very young dual language learners and families and examine major principles of linguistics as they occur with very young children. Candidates will explore oral and written language teaching for young children and assessment tools for evaluating early dual language development.

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