Historical&Cult Bckg LEP Stud

Catalog description

This course examines the acculturation of language minority students in Americanschools. Topics include: socialization and discourse practices that contribute to thevariety of cognitive styles of ethnolinguistic and bilingual students; the psychological and social factors that facilitate development of or inhibit their self-image, as well as the ability to function within a culturally diverse society; the relationships between bilingualism and intelligence, socioeconomic factors and psycholinguistic processes that affect ways in which children develop literacy skills; psychological and pedagogical consequences of schooling, including bilingual programs, immersion, and submersion strategies; the concepts of space and time as being culturally imbedded and their relevance to the bilingual educational setting; and the role of assessment in bilingual schooling. (Previously NJCU Course MCC-627)