C I 5330 - Teaching Emergent Bilinguals in Science (3)

When Offered: Spring
This course is designed to increase practitioners’ knowledge of the academic language demands of science learning in grades K-8. Practitioners will analyze science texts in order to learn about scientific genres and discourse structures. The course will consider research-based approaches supported by theory and practice related to the intersections between science and language learning. The ultimate goal of the course is for practitioners to develop curriculum that focuses on the development of science academic language with emergent bilingual students.