ED 4310 CONTENT INSTRUCTION FOR LINGUISTICALLY DIVERSE LEARNERS PREK-12
This course provides a specific focus on content area literacy for linguistically and culturally diverse learners including, English Language Learners (ELL) and other language minority students (LMS) at all levels. Candidates in this course will examine literacy research and instruction related to teaching specific subject matter to English Language Learners. The theoretical framework for this class is socio-cultural and critical. Participants critically analyze and demonstrate teaching approaches for English literacy and biliteracy in content areas. An important goal for this course is promoting collaboration between grade-level teachers, as well as literacy and language personnel in academic success of ESL and language minority learners. Among the topics addressed are: sociocultural dimensions of teaching academic content; principles for content area instruction; learning and collaboration across the curriculum; differentiated instruction for ELL/LMS; analyzing resources, materials and strategies for reading and writing for academic purposes and formative assessment in the content areas.