ED 3700 - ELL Foundations

Credit Hours: 3

This course examines research-based English Language Learner (ELL) teaching and learning methods in K-12 mainstream classrooms. The major theories of second language acquisition will be reviewed and their implications for the second language classroom will be discussed. The primary goals of this course are (a) to familiarize teacher candidates with major theoretical issues and research-based methods in second language learning in formal and informal situations; (b) to provide teacher candidates with opportunities to develop communication strategies that will support their students learning; (c) to assist teacher candidates in becoming skillful at making appropriate teaching decisions that will nurture language learning among culturally and linguistically diverse students, in order to promote and increase academic achievement in the classrooms.

Prerequisite: ED 1100 or CSD 4400 or ECEE 1003