Seminar in TESL Methods
General
Prefix
ENGL
Course Number
662
Course Level
Graduate
Department/Unit(s)
College/School
College of Liberal Arts
Description
TESL and TEFL teaching methods for K-12, college, adult education classrooms. Methods to teach listening, speaking, reading, and writing and methods to integrate these four skills with grammar, pronunciation, and vocabulary.
Credits
Min
3
Max
3
Repeatable
No
Goals and Diversity
MN Goal Course
No
Cultural Diversity
No
Learning Outcomes
Outcome
Identify, select, design, assess, and prepare multiple forms of instructional approaches to address different learning styles, background experiences, and performance modes of English .
Outcome
Adopt appropriate learning materials and adapt teaching strategies to meet the second language needs of English learners in a school setting.
Outcome
Explain the developmental progression and range of individual variation of English learners in the context in which taught.
Outcome
Explain the research on how limited English proficiency affects learning.
Outcome
Explain how both language learning and subject matter content are essential to student success in an academic setting, and develop insruction to foster student success in an academic setting.
Outcome
Develop instruction to foster literacy development in the first language and the second language, accountin for the implications for teaching second language learners;
Outcome
Identify, select, design, assess, and prepare instruciton to develop communication skills in listening, speaking, reading, and writing as an important contributor to academic success across the curriculum;