EDFO U342 - Teaching Multilingual Learners

Institution:

University of South Carolina-Upstate

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Description:

Principles and strategies for developing and implementing effective instruction for emergent multilingual learners and current approaches to teaching English as an additional language. Topics include theories of first and additional language acquisition/development, translanguaging pedagogy and practices, language policies and laws, sociocultural characteristics of multilingual learners, strategies for teaching academic content to emerging multilingual learners in mainstream classrooms, creating classroom/school cultures that invite all students into learning, and the role of advocacy in linguistically diverse public schools.

Credits:

3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.uscupstate.edu

Phone Number:

(864) 503-5000

Regional Accreditation:

Southern Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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