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English EDUC4493 Literarcy and Language Development for English Learners The purpose of this course is to prepare teacher candidates with the knowledge and skills to effectively and explicitly support the English literacy and language development of English learners (ELs) in grades preK12. Students will examine the structure of language and language subsystems, read seminal and current research on L1 and L2 language acquisition, analyze and evaluate best practices for teaching and assessing ELs across the language domains, and consider the sociocultural factors that play a role in ELs’ education in US schools. This course is supported by EDUC4494 which is the seminar and 150-hour practicum in an ESL classroom. EDUC3300 is a prerequisite for this course as it will expand on and further develop the skills and understandings introduced in that course. Spring semester. 4 credits Prerequisites: EDUC3300
Course Descriptions for Arts and Sciences
EDUC4494 English Language Learners Practicum A 150 hour practicum experience in an ESL classroom under the direction of a licensed ESL teacher a college program supervisor. The practicum is designed for students who have taken, or are enrolled in EDUC4493. After the completion of the course and the practicum, students may seek an additional license in English as a Second language instruction. Spring semester. 4 credits Prerequisites: EDUC4493
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ENGLISH ENGL1103 Introduction to Academic Writing This course is dedicated to providing students with the writing and research skills necessary for academic success. Drawing on a variety of texts and media, students engage rhetorical strategies designed to place them firmly within the intellectual discourse. Additionally, theme-based writing assignments focus on sharpening students’ ability to organize, synthesize and interpret data, assess and make persuasive arguments while practicing advanced research strategies. Through peer edit and workshop revision, students come to see writing as both process and empowerment. Students should expect to write a minimum of three or four longer (3- to 5-page) essays as well as several shorter assignments. Fall and spring semesters. 4 credits
ENGL1205 Introduction to Literary Methods Aesthetic Inquiry Literature (AI-L) Literary Inquiry (LI)
This course introduces students to different modes of criticism used to analyze literary texts in the fields of English, American and World Literatures. Students will read at least two literary works through a variety of critical lenses, including but not limited to Rhetorical Criticism, Historicism, Psychoanalysis, Marxism, Cultural Studies, and Feminism. Learning how to read and interpret the complex interactions between literary and critical texts, students have the opportunity to interrogate the foundational assumptions of different critical paradigms and to understand what each analytical approach values and finds problematic about literary texts. Fall and spring semesters. 4 credits
