Literacy in the Content Areas

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Reading, writing, listening, and speaking are integral to teaching literacy across the content areas. Through readings, online assignments, and applications to classroom teaching, students will analyze reading theory, research, and practice in relation to their content area(s)/discipline(s). Topics will include first and second language acquisition, content literacy, disciplinary literacy, components of balanced and structured literacy approaches, literacy assessment, data analysis, and strategies for integrating and differentiating literacy instruction into specific content areas.