LIT 4440 - Development of Language and Composition (3)

When Offered: Fall; Spring
This course will provide a theory- and practice-based perspective on language and composition development across the elementary years, including responsiveness across academic, linguistic, cultural, and socio-emotional domains. Practical, classroom-oriented strategies for teaching will be emphasized throughout and special modifications of these for students will be presented, discussed, and practiced. In particular, students will develop tools for implementing comprehensive literacy instruction in K-5 classrooms that foster linguistic and cultural pluralism by building students’ speaking and listening, language, and composition skills and knowledge across the curriculum.
NOTE: A minimum grade of “C” (2.0) must be earned by Teacher Education majors.
Prerequisite: LIT 3440 Literacy Methods in the Elementary Grades (3).