(TESOL 330) Teaching English to Young Learners
Issues and practices of teaching ESL/FL to very young learners, including developmental psychology, age-appropriate languages tasks and assessment procedures and classroom management.
Credit Hours | 2.0 Lecture |
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Pre or corequisite | TESOL 310 |
Offered | Winter |
Programs | - |
Course Outcomes
TESOL 330 introduces theories and teaching practices in child language acquisition. By the end of the course, students will be able to:
- Identify examples of cognitive, physical and emotional development in children.
- Plan developmentally appropriate language instruction.
- Implement a variety of teaching methods and techniques designed for young learners.
- Develop age-appropriate assessment tools for listening, speaking, reading and/or writing.
- Outline effective classroom management strategies.