How children acquire language and what they know when they have learned a language. Emphasis is on the relationships among meaning, function, and form in language acquisition both oral and written. This understanding is used to suggest a school environment that maximizes language learning potential. This is the initial course in the basic reading endorsement sequence and is recommended preparation for other language arts offerings.
Emphasis is on framing teachers own classroom inquiry through teacher research methodology.
K-12 reading programs. Students examine the textbook adoption process, participate in the development and use of a tool for evaluating reading texts, assess components of reading and writing programs, and learn to integrate reading and writing processes throughout the school grades. This is the capstone course for the Language and Literacy Program and must be taken at the end of the sequence of courses. Same as SS 520 . Teaching Writing To Adolescents The writing process as it relates to thinking and learning in adolescence.