EDUC7306

Language Learners in 全球 Perspective

本课程概述了语言学习和第二语言学习者在学校的情况. 第一个, 我们回顾了语言学习的过程，以及当语言学习者必须同时学习一门语言和该语言的主题时所面临的挑战. We do this from a social文化 perspective, exploring language learning as embedded in sociohistorically situated activities. We develop and account of how learning language is also learning culture. Second, we study how these processes vary across 文化 contexts. Because language learning is woven into social and historical contexts, processes of language learning and schooling vary around the world. 本课程将从全球不同地区进行案例电子游戏正规平台，以说明语言学习和学校教育如何以不同的方式交叉.

TESOL与教学技术

本课程将着重于为英语学习者提供创新的教学策略, covering topics such as developing thematic units, 教学方法, second language reading and writing strategies, 评估, 多元文化教育. 本课程的目标是使学生能够理解和应对不同的语言, 文化, and educational needs of ESLs/EFLs in K-16 classes. 每个模块还将使学生掌握以可理解性和文化敏感性原则为指导的策略，以适应esl / efl的教学. 完成课程目标, the instructor will work on developing a lesson plan, 语言目标, and curriculum for an on-going capstone project, which can be available to implement in students’ current or future classrooms. As part of each of these course modules, 学生还将参与在线和实地的活动和任务，这将提高他们对实践和哲学问题的认识，这些问题涉及到为esl / efl培养最佳的语言和内容学习环境. This class will discuss some of the latest, most effective research methods and teaching activities, 与同行合作, 并讨论与课程和教学有关的突出问题，以支持esl / esl学生的语言和内容学习.

应用语言学

This course provides an introduction to the construction and use of languages, focusing on language structure (morphology, 语音学, 音系学, 语法, 和语义), 语言使用(话语), 语用学, 和语言变异), 应用语言学(L1和L2), 英语语法. 学生将比较英语和其他语言，探索语法类别和过程. A wide range of topics are covered in the course, 包括语法, 语法, 语义, 社会语言语用学. body language), dialects, and computational linguistics. This course provides a solid foundation for future and current TESOL educators, 语言教师, 语言学习者, as well as those pursuing advanced linguistics courses. 没有先决条件或假设以前的语言学知识为本课程.

Innovative Teaching Practices for ELLs

随着计算机的发展，它们与TESOL教育的相关性越来越大. 尽管计算机不能取代合格教师的知识和技能, 学生和老师可以使用电脑来促进语言学习的过程. 互联网上提供了许多网站和软件程序，旨在帮助英语学习者学习和练习他们的语言技能. 除了, 互联网为教师提供了广泛的资源和教学理念. This course presents methods and materials useful in second language acquisition, 它还评估了当前的技术及其在TESOL课堂上的应用. Emphasis is placed on interconnections among theory, 程序, 和应用程序，以解决不同的方式，技术可以用来提高第二语言习得. Through instruction and hands-on practice, 学生将学习到教学技术在向其他语言的人教授英语方面的好处, 克服技术恐惧, and gain strategies to apply effective technologies to teaching ESLs/EFLs.