Teaching World Languages: Methods and Approaches

Catalog description

This course, taken concurrently with a Field I experience course, is designed to prepare students with the knowledge and skills necessary to succeed as professional world language educators. As the first course in the program's two-course methods sequence, this course is intended to introduce the student to prominent approaches and methods of language teaching as well as guiding frameworks and essential concepts in the field. Students connect theory to practice by engaging in introductory activities focused on philosophies of language teaching, unit planning, assessment, and observations. Prerequisite: EDS 402 or concurrent enrollment in GCL 300 ; admission to teacher education. Offered Spring.