Teaching Literacy in Bilingual/ESL Education

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Candidates examine the characteristics of the primary language of the students' in the bilingual classroom regarding their literacy/language arts, writing, speaking, and listening. Candidates develop skills and knowledge in the development and evaluation of literacy in the primary language and the transference of skills from one language to the second language. Candidates will apply different methods of teaching literacy/language arts and will analyze and create instructional materials to teach in the primary language.