Literacy Development for Culturally & Linguistically Diverse K-12 Students

Catalog description

(Su) Literacy Development for Culturally and Linguistically Diverse K-12 Students is a 3-credit graduate course designed to extend teachers' knowledge of literacy instruction to secondary ELLs. Participants will analyze and apply linguistic instructional approaches specific to orthography, phonology, morphology, vocabulary, syntax, semantics, and pragmatics applied to English language development. They will also develop reading strategies to facilitate the learning and literacy development of ELLs in secondary core content classrooms, applying these strategies to modify lessons and adapting textbooks to help ELLs succeed academically.