ECED 385: Advanced Language and Literacy Methods

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Class Program

Teaching BAS

Credits

Weekly Contact Hours

Course ID

092514

Meets Degree Requirements For

Restricted Elective

Description

Refine teaching strategies for language acquisition and literacy skill development for culturally, linguistically, and ability diverse children at each developmental stage through the interrelated areas of speaking, listening, writing, and reading. Develop strategies for teaching reading, supporting literacy development, and engaging families in language and literacy learning.

Grading Basis

Graded

Prerequisites

Admission into the BAS-Teaching Program and minimum 2.0 on all previous 300-level ECED and EDUC courses.

Course Learning Outcomes

Describe the developmental progression of language, communication, and literacy skills in children.

Analyze and apply various theories and techniques of language and literacy learning and instruction for children, encompassing cross-cultural and individual needs.

Explain how media and technology influence children’s language and literacy development.

Assess learning environments and literacy curriculum for the presence of materials, technologies, and practices that support language and literacy development.

Create a small group literacy instruction plan using formative and summative assessment data to identify the needs of individual students.

Plan lessons to support the literacy development of children who are culturally, linguistically, and ability diverse incorporating the major components of reading and writing.

Create activities families can use at home to support their children’s language and literacy development.

Identify achievement gaps in local schools, articulate factors that may contribute to them, and develop strategies to address them.

Core Topics

State and national standards
Factors that influence language and literacy development
Milestones in language and literacy development
Reading Workshop (word work, phonemic awareness, shared reading)
Instructional Strategies for Teaching Reading (comprehension strategies)
Writing Workshop (spelling, shared writing)
Diagnostic/formative/summative assessments (PALS, DRA, DSA, running records)
Family literacy activities
Children’s literature (genres, books for comprehension strategies)
Music and poetry in Language Arts