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Teaching English to Children and Youth

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Course Information

Subject code

AL

Subject Code Description

Applied Linguistics

Course Number

3760

Course Title

Teaching English to Children and Youth

Catalog Subject and Course Number

AL 3760

Catalog Title

Teaching English to Children and Youth

Course Description (Combined)

Prerequisite: C- or better in AL 2000 (concurrent enrollment allowed)

A course exploring an activity-based approach and featuring a wide array of instructional techniques that promote successful teaching of English to children and youth in both second and foreign language settings. Additional topics include, but are not limited to, characteristics of language learners at different ages and stages of development, cognitive and social needs of young and young adult language learners, and local and global factors influencing policy and practice in teaching English to children and youth.

Credit: 3