EDUC3220-C1 Reading Content/Engl Lang Lrns (Spring 2014)
Course Details
This course satisfies part of the Communication Skills graduation requirement. Students registering for this course must also register for section "C1" of EDUC0322.This section is Communication Skills intensive. Communication Skills I-V must be completed before taking this course.
Session, Dates: 1 (01/13/2014 - 05/03/2014)
Days: T
Time: 06:00 - 08:50 pm
Location: Moon Campus
Room: John Jay 263
Seats Available: 16 Seats
Credits: 3
Co-Requisite courses must match session/section/location
Course Description
This course is designed to enable the prospective teacher to utilize various instructional strategies to improve literacy across the content areas. It examines the importance of reader background knowledge and language acquisition in content classrooms. This course addresses the methods and materials to work with reading in the content for diverse learners (students with special needs and English Language Learners). Specifically, the language and culture of English Language Learners will be explored to facilitate the planning and implementation of effective instruction and assessment. Emphasis is on pre-reading, during-reading, and post-reading strategies. Students will integrate reading strategies into the teaching of their content area curriculum through the development of lesson plans.
Prerequisites: COSK2220 or COSK2225 and EDUC2100
Co-requisite: EDUC0322
Prerequisites: COSK2220 or COSK2225 and EDUC2100
Co-requisite: EDUC0322
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About the Instructor(s)
Ying Zhang, Ph.D.
zhang@rmu.edu
412-397-5918 phone
Wheatley Center 316
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Associate Professor of Education
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zhang@rmu.edu
412-397-5918 phone
Wheatley Center 316
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