EDU 506

Teaching English Learners

In this course students will study the history, pedagogy and techniques for specific ESL/EFL methods and approaches used to teach in culturally diverse classrooms. The course intends to equip mainstream classroom teachers with background, introduction and understanding necessary to teach EL students. The course will include clarification of issues such as the differences between bilingual instruction and teaching English Learners in the classroom. The course will enable teachers to learn how to modify content and scaffold learning for ELs.

Units: 3.0