EDUCATIONAL LINGUISTICS FOR BILINGUAL TEACHERS

CURRIC 676

Study of pedagogies, frameworks, and methodologies appropriate for bilingual-bicultural education; review of contemporary scholarship about rigorous, responsive, and effective practices with K-12 bilingual learners; review of Spanish and English language standards and bilingual standards-based teaching and learning; taught in Spanish.

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.

SPANISH 331

Provides an overview of second language acquisition theories and processes as they pertain to Spanish second language learners and characterizes the linguistic challenge that specific Spanish structures pose for English-speakers in particular.

CURRIC 670

Study of contemporary theoretical perspectives, constructs, models, and frameworks related to bilingualism and biliteracy development and relationship between home/first languages (i.e., Spanish) and second/additional languages (i.e., English); review of cultural backgrounds and experiences, transnational experiences and mobility, and social and linguistic identities; application of theory to curriculum and instructional decision-making for K-12 bilingual learners; taught in Spanish. Demonstrate advanced-low Spanish language proficiency

CURRIC 338

Addresses aspects of forms, features and functions of the English language, including an understanding of multiple varieties and registers of English, and how language use functions in and out of schools. Attention to the emergent bilingual students' use of dual/multiple languages, varieties, registers, and discourses, relationships between first and additional languages, and ways to support students as they develop linguistic repertoires that include particular varieties of language that can help facilitate school success.