Method Tchng Intgrtd Lang Arts.

Catalog description

This will provide an introduction to the development of the communicative skills in elementary grades. Both expressive and receptive skills will be studied. Emphasis will be placed upon the communicative arts as taught in the schools as well as the developmental aspects of language growth in the child. Attention will be placed upon the role of the communicative skills in the school curriculum with particular emphasis on the school reading program. Prerequisite: Level 1 Admission to Teacher Education, EDU 380, EDU 383 and EDUC 380. Graduate credit requirement are described in the course syllabus. If this class if taken at the 500 level, it is a graduate course and expectations for student performance are at an advanced level. Evaluation of course requirements is more rigorous than at the lower division section of this course.