Lang & Lit Stds F/Mid & 2Ry Schlstu

Catalog description

This course focuses on current approaches to assessing and promoting reading comprehension and critical reading and writing skills of middle and secondary school students. It also examines how to: enhance oral and written communication skills; tap into motivational factors in literacy development during the middle and high school years; and use specific approaches to work with English language learners, gifted students, and students with disabilities during adolescence. Fifteen hours of fieldwork are required for this course.