CURR 252 Instructional Strategies for English Language Learners

Candidates learn the purposes, goals, and content of the adopted English Language Development standards for the effective teaching and support of English Learners. Candidates learn and apply pedagogical theories, principles, and instructional practices for comprehensive instruction of English Learners for the development of academic language, comprehension and knowledge in the subjects of the curriculum, making grade-appropriate or advanced curriculum content comprehensible to English learners. Candidates learn how to develop, deliver, integrate, and regularly assess an instructional program that facilitates English language acquisition and development by effectively using materials, methods, and strategies so that students acquire listening, speaking, reading and writing skills in English. Candidates learn how to differentiate instruction based upon their students’ primary language and proficiency levels in English, and considering the students’ culture, level of acculturation, and prior schooling. Candidates learn about state and federal legal requirements for the placement and instruction of English learners, and ethical obligations for teaching English Learners.

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