Courses

This course stresses adapting the science program, material and equipment to the ability and interests of children. It also s tresses the critical evaluation and selection of the most effective materials and instructional methods.

Teaching social studies in grades K-6. Helping beginner teachers acquire background skills in organizing and teaching units of work. Intensive field experience required.

Teaching social studies in grades K-6. Helping beginning teachers acquire background skills in organizing and teaching units of work. Intensive field experience required.

This course consists of objectives, content, and procedures for teaching the relationship between man and his environment. Emphasis is placed on problem-solving skills and independent investigation. Contents of early childhood/elementary school social studies are drawn from the social and behavioral sciences.

This course prepares candidates to work effectively with emergent bilingual learners in the early childhood setting. Candidates will gain context knowledge needed to design curriculum, including literacy, appropriate for emergent bilingual learners and will learn how culture and home language impacts learning additional languages.

The primary purpose of this course is to guide educators in exploring the teaching of English as a second, new, or foreign language to English learners of all ages. With the goal of expanding an educator's repertoire for teaching speakers of languages other than English, this course considers the relevance of historical approaches and methods used in language teaching during the past century and reviews language methods and approaches used in today’s ESL and EFL classrooms.

An examination of theory, research, and practice as it relates to English language philosophies of English language instruction. The course will focus on the best practices language learners. Hours). a minimum of 3 times for 1 hour credit each semester to complete masters Problems chosen by the student and approved in advance by the instructor. is completed.

The course identifies current instructional methods and approaches to teaching beginning at the early childhood level through adult. Principles and concepts other languages, and the instructional processes are emphasized. Field experience

Provides a sociolinguistic perspective on the globalization of English and on the emergence and teaching of English as an International Language. Students explore dialectology, language change, language diversity, language ideology and power, national language policies, World Englishes, the growing number of non-native English speakers, and attitudes of native and non-native English speakers toward the domination of English.

This course provides a sociolinguistic perspective on the globalization of English and on the emergence and teaching of English as an International Language. Students explore dialectology, language change, language diversity, language ideology and power, national language policies, World Englishes, the growing number of non-native English speakers, and attitudes of native and non-native English speakers toward the domination of English.