CIL 507 Methods and Materials for Teaching ESL and World Languages

This course prepares candidates to teach a World Language (e.g., Chinese, Russian, Japanese) to culturally and linguistically diverse learners in classroom settings. Candidates examine and apply conceptual and pedagogical tools for teaching World Languages and supporting students’ emergent bilingualism across language program models. Candidates explore tools to create effective language and content instruction that is differentiated according to language proficiency. Additionally, relevant national, state, and local language and content standards and content standards and assessments are discussed in relation to teaching World Languages and English as a Second Language. Appropriate selection and evaluation of multimodal resources is also discussed. Assigned course requirements include the completion of 20 clinical hours. Pre-requisite(s): None. Co-requisite(s): None. 0.5- 3 semester hours