Education Toward Bi/Multilingualism

Catalog description

This course will address the theory and praxis of bilingual education in the U.S. and international contexts. This course will examine different models of bilingual education as well as cultural, social, and political perspectives on language minority education. Emphasis is placed on pedagogical implications of teaching bilingual students with particular attention paid to first language development and second language teaching for linguistically and culturally diverse students. Graded on A-F basis only. Credit Hour s : 3