Special Topics in Foreign Language. 1-5 credit hours. Approval of instructor and department chair . Selected topics of interest to faculty and students. An introduction to curriculum and the role of technology in the foreign language classroom, P-12.
Special emphasis is placed on the relationship between theory and practice.
Field experience required. An introduction to major learning theories with particular focus on those dealing with acquisition of a foreign or second language. Course also explores how language learning styles and strategies relate to theories of second language acquisition and their implementation in the foreign language classroom, P-12. Field experience required. Practicum designed to provide students with an initial classroom experience in order to enable them to begin developing classroom management and curriculum planning skills as well as to refine their skills in the target language.