ED 307 K - Language Develop & Instruction

3 Credit(s)

This course introduces the interplay between language and society. It discusses multilingualism, regional and social dialects, as well as the role of linguistic attitudes and language variation in language learning and teaching. The course introduces the role that academic language plays in the educational experience and the importance of planning and scaffolding for academic language development and awareness. From a genre-based perspective, participants will learn to analyze school-based texts for meaning making and for planning instructional cycles that support language development in reading, writing, and speaking activities throughout the content areas.

Prerequisite(s): Preliminary Entry level, ED 200, ED 201.