Seminar in ESL and Culture

General

Prefix

ENGL

Course Number

673

Course Level

Graduate

Department/Unit(s)

College/School

College of Liberal Arts

Description

Advanced preparation of TESL teachers for the multicultural experience of the ESL classroom with perspectives from Anthropology and Education, bilingual education, critical theory, sociocultural theory, and Sociolinguistics.

Credits

Min

3

Max

3

Repeatable

No

Goals and Diversity

MN Goal Course

No

Cultural Diversity

No

Learning Outcomes

Outcome

Identify how a first culture influences one's speech, behavior, and thinking.

Outcome

Collaborate to compare, analyze and summarize similarities and differences between a first and a second culture for at least on item of comparison.

Outcome

Identify and report on the historical, social, and political aspects of language and cultural patterns in the United States and how they influence second language instruction.

Outcome

Identify and compare cultural differences in social and educational contexts to ensure and enable an inclusive learning environments where learner from a variety of cultural backgrounds can meet high standards.

Outcome

Design and prepare strategies for cross-cultural instruction and learning so that students from all cultural backgrounds have equal access to the curriculum.

Outcome

Collaborate to identity, select, plan and prepare a lesson on intercultural communicative competence in educational settings.