[ARCHIVED CATALOG] 2015-2016 Undergraduate Academic Catalog 
    
    Oct 18, 2024  
[ARCHIVED CATALOG] 2015-2016 Undergraduate Academic Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

EDU 341 - ESOL Foundations Cross-Cultural Communication & Applied Linguistics

3 credits
Prerequisite(s): For elementary majors: EDU 320/321 , EDU 330 , EDU 332 , and EDU 334 ; for middle grades/secondary majors: EDU 328 

Corequisite(s): For elementary education majors: EDU 360/361 , EDU 338 , and EDU 343 ; for middle/secondary majors: EDU 326  or EDU 450/455 
This course covers Domain 1 and 2 of the ESOL Teacher Standards 2010. The focus of this course is on two major topics: culture and applied linguistics. The course will provide pre-service teachers with a knowledge base that focuses on developing cross-cultural understanding and knowledge of applied linguistics to promote instructional practices that are grounded in current research based practices for English Language Learners (ELLs). Additionally the course will address the legal mandate of the Consent Decree, theoretical constructs in the field of second language acquisition, as well as research-based practical applications in the domains of cross-cultural communication and applied linguistics to help pre-service teachers understand, apply and integrate them into meeting the academic and communication needs of ELLs. Field experience is required.