SEC 375 Methods of Teaching Foreign Language in the Secondry School

The course provides students with practical approaches to implementing the New York State Learning Standards for Languages other than English within an integrated curriculum. This course will focus on effective instructional strategies to foster the development of foreign language proficiency areas: listening, speaking, reading, and writing. Emphases will be placed on identifying strategies and methods that develop communicative competencies in contextual, functional language learning situations, providing for students with special needs, using authentic materials, developing assessment measures that align with the curriculum, and using literature and trade books to promote reader response. The course will include project based teaching and learning, service learning, use of technologies, research and presentation skill building, multicultural education, analysis of standardized and alternative assessments, and specific strategies for the inclusion student. Students will complete a 25-hour field experience in conjunction with the course. Students must obtain fingerprint clearance prior to beginning field experiences. Prerequisite: SEC 365. One credit of literacy is embedded in this course. Fall

Credits

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