Cultural Perspect Teach Lang Aquisition

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This is a required course for all teacher candidates preparing for the New York state certificate in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages. Using ethnographic research in education, preservice teachers will study classroom settings, (K-12), which are responsive to linguistically diverse groups of students. A major focus will be the observations, models and discussions of effective strategies for teaching the language arts to students learning English as a second language. Additionally, psychological, linguistic and cultural foundations for teaching linguistically diverse students will be examined in light of current trends in the education of language minority students. Finally, traditional materials and resources, as well as electronic texts and computer programs will be examined in light of their contributions to language acquisition.