FOUNDATIONS AND THEORY OF BILINGUAL GENERAL AND SPECIAL EDUCATION

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Prerequisite: Undergraduate/Graduate level status or enrollment in BXE 4+1 program. Theories of bilingual education and bilingualism; sociolinguistics and psycholinguistics. History, legal foundations, and current practices in bilingual general and bilingual special education. Multicultural perspectives in education, including an overview of linguistics and English grammar. Issues and trends in the education of multilingual learners with and without disabilities. Offered every fall and summer and as needed.