RDGM 5111 - Literacy of K-3 Emergent Bilingual Children

Credits: 3

Description: This graduate-level literacy course focuses on first and second language acquisition and literacy development for K-3 emergent bilingual students. Topics include phonemic awareness; the alphabetic principle; high frequency vocabulary development; spelling and writing development; and decoding and fluency in reading. Course participants develop applied sociolinguistic knowledge of instructional strategies and assessment techniques for emergent literacy, with a specific focus on children whose linguistic repertoire spans more than one language.