EDU 559 - Methods for Teaching Reading and Writing to Multilingual Learners

This course examines multilingual literacy development in PK-12 and adult language learning contexts. In particular, it focuses on how to support the emergence of literacy in English as a second or additional language through foundational skills-based instruction and approaches that foreground reading and writing as a social practice. Emphasis is placed on designing and implementing literacy instruction and assessment that draws on multilingual learners’ linguistic and cultural assets and that is responsive to their goals and needs as readers and writers with varying English proficiency levels.

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Credits: 3

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Course Type: Education