TEP-5311: Enhancing English Language Development with Literature

This course is designed to ensure academic and language proficiency for English learners and that participating teachers adhere to legal and ethical obligations for teaching English learners including the identification, reclassification and monitoring processes. Participating teachers will plan instruction for English learners based on students’ levels of proficiency, implementing one or more of the components of English Language Development (ELD): grade-level academic language instruction, ELD by proficiency level and/or content-based ELD. The instructional plans will involve literature and/or informational texts (per the Common Core State Standards) with language objectives that address language and literacy demands (e.g., language functions and forms, audience and purpose, academic vocabulary, and comprehension). Participating teachers will differentiate instruction for first- and second-language learners, taking into consideration prior knowledge, academic language and literacy levels as determined by student assessment data from multiple measures. They will also learn to use literature to advance students’ thinking about issues of prejudice, fairness, and equity. Finally, candidates will evaluate children’s and young adult (YA) literature in terms of its cultural relevance and linguistic appropriateness for students of diverse ages, cultural and linguistic backgrounds.
Min. Credits: 2.0
Credit Basis: Quarter credit
Location(s): Antioch Univ Santa Barbara
Method(s): Classroom
Faculty Consent Required: N
Program Approval Required: N
Course Type Education

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TEP-5311: Enhancing English Language Development with Literature