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(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
Pre or corequisite TESOL 310
Offered Winter
Programs TESOL (BA), TESOL Education (BA), Certificate in TESOL, Introduction to TESOL Minor

Course Outcomes

TESOL 330 introduces theories and teaching practices in child language acquisition. By the end of the course, students will be able to:

  1. Identify examples of cognitive, physical, and emotional development in children.
  2. Plan developmentally appropriate language instruction.
  3. Implement a variety of teaching methods and techniques designed for young learners.
  4. Develop age-appropriate assessment tools for listening, speaking, reading, and/or writing.
  5. Outline effective classroom management strategies.