| This course will offer comprehensive preparation for teaching foreign language in secondary schools through discussing, reading, writing, and completing projects. As a part of this course, students will synthesize, reconfigure, and connect what they have learned within the areas of language acquisition, teaching, writing, and education to formulate a mission statement for their own teaching practice; evaluate student work by creating their own rubrics to assess learning in foreign language acquisition, units of study and assignments; use technology effectively as an instructional tool; establish and practice appropriate classroom management strategies for all students including those with disabilities; design lessons/units of study that meaningfully integrate different and varied aspects of foreign language acquisition for all students including those with disabilities; develop appropriate assessment strategies for all students including those with disabilities; explore and utilize materials, techniques and methods of classroom instruction for a variety of populations. 4 hours a week of fieldwork is required. Prerequisites: Foreign Language major or permission. 3 credits. |