ED 421 - Second Language Acquisition

Credits: 3

Mainstream teachers, together with ESOL professionals, parents, and administrators are working to see that ESOL students acquire the academic English necessary to succeed in school. This seminar course is designed to assist the pre-service and practicing teacher in development and practice of research-based strategies for meeting the needs of second language learners in the mainstream classroom. Effective methods of teaching both the English language and regular curriculum objectives will be the main focus of the course, with a special emphasis on learning to read, write, and speak English in the mainstream classroom Students must have at least junior standing to register for this course and must take in conjunction with ED 421L.