ED 360 - Meeting the Needs of English Language Learners in the K-12 Classroom

This course introduces students to the theory, research, and policy foundations for effective instruction and practice with English Language Learners. We will focus on current issues as well as techniques in instructing and assessing students at all stages of English language. Students will learn to identify and assess ELL students’ strengths and needs to design classroom language learning and content-area learning experiences based on current language and academic standards.

Note: There is a 20 hour service learning experience embedded in this course.

Meets Global Engagement Learning Outcome (GLOB)

Four credits.

Prerequisite(s): ED 240 , EN 355 , PY 202 or PY 199