EDU761 Trends & Issues in TESOL

[3–0, 3 cr.]

This course provides a critical perspective on current trends and issues in teaching languages for speakers of other languages.  It covers the major theoretical and research developments in the learning of other languages and investigates the relevance, and application of this work in the language classroom. Learners are expected to identify models of bilingual/ multilingual education and patterns of bilingual and multilingual language acquisition in classroom discourse, determine the consequences of bilingualism/multilingualism on cognitive development, discuss challenges in teaching bilingual/ multilingual learners, develop effective teaching strategies and relevant materials for bilingual/multilingual English as a Second/(additional) Language Learners.