EDU 435 Teaching and Assessing English Language Learners

General

• Recognize the role of language and culture in learning and know how to modify instruction to make language comprehensible and instruction relevant, accessible, and challenging;
• Identify language development and the benefits of multilingualism and multiliteracy and know how to incorporate instructional strategies and resources to support language development;
• Understand Minnesota's English Language Development Standards Framework and use the framework components to develop learning experiences that support the development of language in content instruction;
• create opportunities for students to learn, practice, and use language of the content area;
• use learners' native languages as a resource in creating effective differentiated instructional strategies for multilingual learners developing literacy skills;
• demonstrate an understanding of the importance of using multiple forms of instructional approaches to address different learning styles, background experiences, and performance modes of limited English proficiency students;
• adopt appropriate learning materials and adapt teaching strategies to meet the second language needs of students with limited English proficiency in a school setting;
• understand the developmental progression and range of individual variation of students with various levels of English proficiency in the context in which taught;
• recognize how English proficiency affects learning and understand that both language learning and subject matter content are essential to student success in an academic setting.