Tchg Integrated Lang Arts.

Catalog description

An introduction to the development of the communicative skills in the elementary grades. Both expressive and receptive skills will be studied. Emphasis will be placed upon 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. Students will participate in a practicum experience (45 hours maximum per semester arranged with the instructor, school, and candidate) which will provide an opportunity to obtain classroom experience in the teaching of reading. Prerequisites: Level I Admission to Teacher Education, EDUC 500 , EDUC 576 , and EDUC 580 . Graduate credit requirements are described in the course syllabus. Because this is an upper division course, expectations for student performance is at an advanced level. Evaluation of course requirements is more rigorous than at the lower division section of this course.