This course is designed for graduate students who do not have a background in linguistics but who desire an advanced introduction to the topic in order to enhance their professional activity, for example, teaching English as a second language, teaching advanced courses in composition or grammar, or editing and writing about linguistic phenomena. This course will enable the student to begin the development of a portfolio that could be submitted for National Board certification.
Educators are committed to students and their learning.
The graduates will recognize the individual differences of students and plan intervention accordingly, including multicultural backgrounds and special needs. The students will complete an error analysis in which they determine the phonological, morphological, syntactic, and semantic errors of a non native speaker of English. Educators are responsible for managing and monitoring student learning. The graduates will use knowledge of assessment to monitor students' academic, social and physical progress on a recurring basis. The students will design language activities based on the results of their error analyses.