TSL 522

Language Policy and Advocacy in TESOL

This course provides current and future TESOL professionals with the knowledge base needed to make decisions concerning English language learners in policy, program and curricular development, instruction and methodology, and assessment. Students will also learn about the current socio-political discourses surrounding the instruction of English language learners in North American educational contexts and develop a disposition towards cultural pluralism and multilingualism in their own practice. Additionally, students will develop the skills necessary to engage in evidence-based advocacy in their profession using findings from empirical research in TESOL.

Units: 3.0