| This course will offer comprehensive preparation
for teaching foreign language in secondary
schools through discussing, reading, writing, and
completing projects. As a part of this course,
students will synthesize, reconfigure, and connect
what they have learned within the areas of
language acquisition, teaching, writing, and
education to formulate a mission statement for
their own teaching practice; evaluate student
work by creating their own rubrics to assess
learning in foreign language acquisition, units
of study and assignments; use technology
effectively as an instructional tool; establish
and practice appropriate classroom management
strategies for all students including those with
disabilities; design lessons/units of study that
meaningfully integrate different and varied
aspects of foreign language acquisition for all
students including those with disabilities;
develop appropriate assessment strategies for all
students including those with disabilities;
explore and utilize materials, techniques and
methods of classroom instruction for a variety of
populations.
4 hours a week of fieldwork is required. Prerequisites: Foreign Language major or permission. 3 credits. |