ELAN 4000 - Language and Literacy as Cultural Practice-INTL

(3) Credit Hours
Prerequisite: Admission to Educator Prepartion Program or permission of instructor
This course introduces social and cultural theories of language, language acquisition, literacy teaching and learning as they relate to the education of culturally and linguistically diverse students. The course will include pedagogies and practices that effectively support all students in the development of language, literacy and content while affirming students’ cultural identities and validating their personal histories. Candidates will explore oral language development, with special emphasis on linguistic variation and cultural diversity and the literacy development of multilingual/multi-dialectical students. Candidates will also examine classroom instruction, environments and discourse practices informed by linguistic and cultural theories. Candidates will also develop intercultural awareness by analyzing their own cultural rules, values, and biases, by engaging in communication and collaboration with persons from cultures different than theirs. Finally, student will develop practices that support them to recognize the intellectual and emotional dimensions of more than one worldview.