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.