| Welcome |
| What is ACE? |
| Eligibility |
| Application |
| Students |
| Courses /Syllabi |
| Calendar 2007 |
| Faculty and Staff 2007 |
| Links |
| Portfolio Samples |
| Fulton School of Liberal Arts |
| R.E.M. |
- Course Content
-
Most current syllabus is listed at the end of the course description.
-
ENGL 528: ESOL TESTS AND MEASUREMENTS: This course introduces students to the area of language tests and evaluating standardized assessment instruments. The aim is to familiarize students with the basis of assessment and the most effective way to prepare LEP students to engage in standardized tests.
ENGL 532: LITERACY AND ESOL READING: The course examines the theories of reading in a second language. Various Models for the effective Acquisition of reading/literacy skills in a second language will constitute an important element of the course as will be improving reading achievement scores for standardized state and national tests for LEP students in rural schools. Students will have to develop a project demonstrating their county’s plan to do this as a county representative.
ENGL 533: ESOL Program Development: This course introduces students to the theory and practice involved in developing and implementing ESOL programs in public schools with diverse newcomer language learners (K-12). In exploring the complexities involved in planning, developing, and implementing an ESOL program, students will be made aware of educational law, funding priorities, as well as the cultural and socio-political factors impacting programmatic and curricular decisions both at the macro level (county, statewide and national) and the micro level (school policies, plans and personnel configurations). The course affords students the opportunity to explore the complexities involved in developing and implementing innovative ESOL programs, and sensitizes students to the cultural conflicts and biases, both social and linguistic, faced by newcomer, multilingual students. To prepare teachers for the actual writing and implementing of an ESOL program where needed, students will be exposed to current program models in the United States, Canada, Eastern Europe, Romania in particular, and Australia.
ENGL 534: LITERACY AND ESOL WRITING: The course examines the theories of writing/rhetorical expertise in a second language. Various Models for the effective Acquisition of written/rhetorical skills in a second language will constitute an important element of the course as will be improving writing achievement scores for standardized state and national tests for LEP students in rural schools. Students will have to develop a project demonstrating their county’s plan to do improve their LEP students’ writing potential.
ENGL 535: LANGUAGE AND CULTURE: This course examines the intricate relationship between language and culture as manifested in the Linguistic variations within a community according to the variables of gender, age, geography, ethnicity socioeconomic class and the levels of education. The educational, political and economic implications of choice of linguistic code will also form an important part of the study.
ENGL 536: PRINCIPLES OF LINGUISTICS: A detailed study of the primary-linguistic systems, including phonology, morphology, semantics, syntax and pragmatics. Students as in all courses will be required to apply the learned-linguistic concepts to practical- language learning problems in their rural LEP populations.
ENGL 537: SURVEY OF MODERN ENGLISH GRAMMAR: The study of modern English grammar accomplished through a variety of language analysis models in order to help the ESOL specialist understand the extent to which knowledge of English grammar will make for more effective teaching practices in the teaching of ESOL Reading and Writing.
ENGL 538: BILINGUALISM: This course examines what it means to be a bilingual child or adult. It explores the psycholinguistic considerations inherent in language acquisition and surveys the current educational system’s response to language variance and its socio-political implications for particularly rural counties.
ENGL 539: SECOND LANGUAGE ACQUISITION: Introduction to Second Language Acquisition theory and the application of second language acquisition theory to teaching practices and curricular/program models in rural counties.
ENGL 547: CURRENT METHODS IN ESOL INSTRUCTION: This course examines the philosophy, aims and methods of teaching English as a second language in grades K-12 with a strong emphasis on theories, techniques and methods of key utility to rural ESOL programs. As likely ESOL-coordinators, students in this course will also have to learn to develop a battery of assessment techniques to assess the efficacy of teaching methods to be adopted by their respective rural counties.
ENGL 591: TOPICS IN LINGUISTICS: LANGUAGE LEARNING AND ESOL MATERIALS ASSESSMENT: An examination of topics of linguistics as they relate to first and second language learning. As likely ESOL-coordinators, students in this course will have to learn to develop a battery of assessment techniques to assess the efficacy of teaching materials to be adopted by their respective rural counties.
The ACE TESOL Degree is fully funded by the United States Department of Education: Office of English Language Acquisition, under Project #T195N020104. The opinions expressed in this web-site do not necessarily reflect the positions or policies of any office of the Department of Education.