EDU525 English Language Developmental Strategies for English Language Learners
This course is designed to examine the instructional models, strategies, approaches, assessment, and placement of English learners. This course will promote factors that contribute to the development of integrated literacy and content instruction for English learners. Candidates will plan and implement evidence-based instruction that supports meaning making within the development of content knowledge. Candidates will learn how to support their English learners in meaning making by building on prior knowledge and providing explicit instruction to strengthen comprehension when reading complex informational text. Candidates will identify instructional practices and strategies that promote English learners’ content knowledge by engaging students in literacy instruction in content areas that integrate all the literacy domains. Candidates will learn to promote students’ oral and written language development by attending to and strengthening their students’ vocabulary knowledge. Candidates will support the development of English learners’ effective expression by engaging them in opportunities for collaborative discussions. Demonstrate an understanding of the research-based strategies for supporting language development.