Creating Digital Content for Teaching

Catalog description

The Creating Digital Content for Teaching course consists of skill development at the technological level. Through multiple tutorials and mini assignments, students learn to design and create courses on learning management systems, create educational websites, and develop professional development tutorials to use for teacher training opportunities. English Courses - Reimagining English as an Additional Language (REAL) Program REAL 98 (0 credit hours) Designed to develop basic listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills as well as basic vocabulary and grammar to gradually move from body language and one-word answers to speaking and writing phrases and sentences; begin the study of the simple tenses; begin reading sentences and move toward paragraph-length texts; begin reading for the main idea and details to learn about American social and academic culture through coursework and discussion groups. REAL 100 (3 credit hours) Designed to continue to gain basic listening and speaking skills, develop basic reading and writing skills, basic vocabulary and grammar, gradually move from speaking and writing phrases and sentences to producing basic paragraphs; continue the study of the simple tenses; begin reading multi-paragraph texts; continue reading for the main idea and details to learn about American social and academic culture through coursework and discussion groups. REAL 200 (3 credit hours) Designed to improve students’ listening, speaking, reading, and writing for everyday life while developing academic skills in these areas; scaffold the skills to gradually move away from everyday life situations and into academic instruction; work on the correct pronunciation of vowel sounds, syllable stress and reduced speech; move away from common topics of everyday life and begin to read topics with a broader scope; gain the skills necessary for composing well-written academic paragraphs; learn note-taking strategies;continue learning the simple tense, including expressing future time and modals; learn about American social and academic culture through coursework and discussion groups. REAL 300 (3 credit hours) Designed for students to employ academic reading, writing, listening, and speaking skills; learn how to write academically acceptable paragraphs and essays; move away from everyday conversational tools and begin utilizing academic-based speaking and listening skills to participate in longer discussions and debates using proper word stress, intonation, and vocabulary; learn how to read journals, essays, charts, and graphs—skills necessary in academia; and gain a deeper understanding of grammatical components such as modals, infinitives, and comparatives; move away from simple tense and into perfect and progressive tense; learn more about American social and academic culture through coursework and discussion groups. REAL 400 (3 credit hours) Designed to help students use academic speaking, listening, reading, and writing skills; gain listening skills necessary to perform academic tasks such as note taking; gain speaking skills that enable students to provide clear and concise information in English, including the ability to restate ideas and use blended speech; gain the skills in reading necessary to compare the context of two texts, paraphrase main ideas, and identify philosophical rationale; move away from simple compositions and into compositions that are academically focused; learn the art of writing hooks; use transitional expressions and subordinating expressions to combine sentences; use parallel sentence structure; summarize research and support opinion with factual evidence; gain the skills necessary to recognize the difference between tenses; employ active and passive voice; use unreal conditionals, gerunds, and infinitives; differentiate between use, form, and meaning; learn more about American social and academic culture through coursework and discussion groups. Integrative Studies (General Education)