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2016-2017 Graduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

ED 650 - Language & Culture (3)

Language and Culture will explore norms, features, and traditions that influence language learning within the educational environment. It will examine contemporary cultures prevalent in the United States and identify educational differences caused by a multiplex of factors including culture, language, ethnicity, gender, socioeconomics, and education. The course will provide teachers with specific strategies for working with English Language Learners and for differentiating instruction to meet the needs of English Language Learners in heterogeneous classrooms. The course will review research concerning the reduction of challenges associated with the presence of language and cultural differences both in schools and in society. FA.