History, Politics, and Methodology of Second Language Acquisition

Catalog description

This is an introduction to the history and education policies of bilingual education. This course will provide a background in theories and best practices of bilingual education. Students will become familiar with the different types of bilingual education, while investigating effective teaching and learning methods in bilingual classrooms. Students will be provided with the opportunity to become familiar with first and second language acquisition and theory and develop philosophical beliefs of bilingual education.