EDU 6012 - Applied Linguistics Seminar: Teaching Literacy

(3 units)

This course is a research-based methodology course focused on teaching reading and language arts in culturally and linguistically diverse classrooms. Instructional strategies are presented which ensure that all students have equal access to the core curriculum. The course covers listening, speaking reading, spelling, phonics, assessment of literacy and oral language proficiency, evaluation, writing process, and other relevant reading and language arts skills based on California state mandated curriculum frameworks. The course is designed to provide multiple subject credential candidates with the background and skills necessary to successfully teach Language Arts and Reading in a cross-cultural, linguistically diverse classroom. It also prepares students for the Reading Instruction Competency Assessment (RICA).