OBJECTIVES:

Participants will:

• explore the areas diversity of students that make up English Learners.
• recognize the different components of “language”.
• examine different theories around language learning and teaching.
• understand educational policy that affects English Learners and teaching.
• compare and contrast different instructional models and programs for English language teaching. 

REQUIRED STUDENT RESOURCES:

Wright, Wayne E.  Foundations for Teaching English Language Learners: Research, Theory, and Practice. Carlson Publishing, Philadelphia. 2019. 

The 2nd edition from 2015 works as well and is substantially cheaper. Both the 2nd and 3rd edition are available to rent on Amazon, but it is well worth the investment to buy this text. This text is used for both Foundations of Second Language Acquisition as Methods of Teacher English as a Second Language. 

Educators should have access to a device and wi-fi to complete this course. We will be using Google Classroom as a learning platform. 

"The instructor was easy to contact and was very diligent about responding to direct questions."

"The whole class was valuable! It was short, sweet but intense, and provided a very strong foundation on which to build further understanding."

"Content was helpful - learning the basics of who an EL student is and the process of helping him/her educationally."

"This course will help me a lot in my new teaching position."

"Dakota gave timely feedback - the course was created to allow the student to discover more information about the school/community they were connected to."

"Educators talk about mile-wide, inch-deep or inch-wide, mile deep. This class took me from mile wide basic information to heading toward mile-deep understanding of both EL students and the EL teachers I currently work with."

"This course provided me with important information regarding the educational history of EL learners and events that have led to the state and federal requirements used today."