Multilingual Teaching and Learning Methods

Catalog description

This course prepares K-12 educators in the leading-edge pedagogies necessary to work with multilingual learner (ML) students in the current educational context. The course is centered on practices that build languages and (bi)literacy skills for MLs, including research-driven pedagogies for ML students, WIDA framework for ML students, translanguaging practices, and biliteracy development. This course will also explore current curriculums and dual language curriculums that advance multilingualism for students, as well as how curriculums used in K-12 classrooms (language and content areas) can be made accessible for ML students.