MOBILITY, LANGUAGE & EDUCATION

CURRIC 737

An introduction to language, literacy and linguistic diversity for teachers. Provides an overview of the components of language, the structure of the English language and how language functions, with special emphasis on how language is used in schools, with the goal of supporting teachers' work with multilingual learners. Through exploration of language(s) and a critical reflection of personal experiences as language users, language learners, language analysts and language advocates, enhance understanding of communicative repertoires as dynamic, fluid, and complex.

CURRIC 564

Recent developments in technologies and methods of teaching world languages; exploration and analysis of teaching practices; critical review of relevant literature and adaptation of materials; recent innovations in elementary and secondary world language teaching.

CURRIC 764

An introduction to language instruction policies and linguistic human rights. Examines teaching and learning in a multilingual society. Explores the various dimensions of the language used in the schools for instruction in different countries during the globalization process.

EDPOL 595

Overview of language politics, policies, and practices in global perspective; draws on the work of anthropologists, sociolinguists, and language policy scholars to examine how language choices in and regarding schooling interact with ethnic and linguistic diversity. Consider the following questions: How and under what conditions do language policies, practices, and pedagogies redress or exacerbate inequalities? How people at the local level, including educators, negotiate language and literacy policies and politics. Uses a global lens to expand local understandings and practices.

CURRIC 435

Examines theoretical, pedagogical, and sociopolitical foundations for the teaching and learning of languages in U.S. schools.