EDUC 1060 - Teaching English Language Learners

1. Exposure to learning a new language; gestures across cultures
2. Introduction to cultures, cultural values, cultural styles of learning, culture shock, post traumatic stress, and implications for the classroom
3. Worldwide refugee migration; geography and history of immigration in the US.
4. English linguistics: grammar, orthography, etc
5. Various theories and methods of learning language, including listening, speaking, reading, writing, grammar, pronunciation, vocabulary skills; content-based instruction
6. Literacy, first language second language issues, basic English conversational skills (BICS) and cognitive academic language proficiency (CALP), the gap
7. Types of ELL (English Language Learner) programs, roles of paraeducators and educators
8. Strategies for paraeducators and educators to use: guiding principles and practice
9. Errors and interlanguage, codeswitching
10. Adapting for various levels of language proficiency and learning styles
11. Thinking skills and academic language
12. Verbal and non-verbal communication in the classroom
13. Games for learning language
14. Technology resources: ESOL on the world wide web
15. Assessment techniques; documentation of learner progress
16. Strategies for working with students, aides, teachers, and schools

1. describe common challenges of learning a new language.
2. adapt speaking styles according to audience, situation, and topic.
3. evaluate various TESOL web sites.
4. analyze learned strategies and field experience.
5. synthesize information about cultures currently represented in Minnesota and their value systems, compared with one¿s own.
6. compare a variety of sound and writing systems in world languages to those of American English.
7. identify countries where refugees and immigrants come from and go to, including the United States.
8. explain the different kinds of language competencies, social and academic, and various routes to language acquisition.
9. explain bilingual education and English Only principles and practices.
10. apply principles of language learning to classroom exercises.
11. create a resource collection of strategies, techniques, and information about language, cultures, and cultural values to use in the classroom.

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