LTED 601 - Foundations of Language and Literacy

Required for Initial Certification Programs in Inclusive Education, TESOL, and Business Marketing. This course is an introduction to current theory and research regarding language acquisition and literacy teaching and learning, Birth through Grade 12. Speaking, listening, reading, writing, viewing, and dramatizing will be studied as interrelated processes, developing in the overlapping contexts of home, school, and community. Students will focus on effective language and literacy teaching and learning for all students, including children with disabilities and culturally and/or linguistically diverse. Topics of study include the following: creating a literate environment, language acquisition, beginning literacy instruction, emergent literacy perspectives, reading-writing connections, instructional strategies, comprehension, motivation, reader response theory, diverse literacy learners, content area literacy, technology and literacy, and literacy assessment.

Credits: 3