Faculty Name

Lisa Robb

Document Type

Syllabi

School

HSE

Department

ADAL

Course Subject

GED

Course Number

7810

Course Section

01

Course Title

Foundations in Literacy

Academic Term and Year

Spring 2015

Credits

3.00

Course Description

This course is intended to provide ESL licensure students with a foundation in best practice literacy instruction for K-12 students. The course begins by reflecting upon the theoretical and historical definitions of reading and analyzing individuals beliefs about literacy acquisition. Addressing the foundations of how children learn to read and then touches briefly on the transition from emergent to fluent transitional reading for students at the middle and high school level. Target audience: K-12 ESL language teachers.

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