Bilingualism, Biliteracy, and Immersion

Catalog description

This course is designed to support developing and strengthening the skills needed to construct learning experiences that help build bilingualism and biliteracy skills. Students will examine the cognitive and metacognitive effects of bilingualism, biliteracy, and translanguaging to understand how to implement research-based practices that speak to the needs of all their students. Students will analyze the advantages, disadvantages, goals, and instructional practices of research-based immersion and dual immersion programs to enable them to design learning experiences that meet the program's requirements while meeting their students' needs. Students will gain insight into the purpose, characteristics, and appropriate uses of different types of content and language assessments.