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This course provides an introduction to the historical, political, social and cultural issues that affect the instruction of English language learners in American schools.  The theoretical background regarding first and second language acquisition is examined, as well as the relationship between language acquisition and language learning.  Various program models using first and/or new languages are presented.  Local, state and federal policies regarding entitlement and appropriate services for English language learners are studied and evaluated in consideration of current research in the field.

This course prepares pre-service candidates to design content and language instruction for English language learners.  Historical and current program models for providing service to ELLs and accompanying pedagogy are examined.  Candidates will prepare instructional units based on these models, investigate and apply state and national standards and design appropriate assessment strategies using best practice in the instruction of English language learners. 

This course prepares teachers to use native language instruction (L1) to teach P-12 academic content to English language learners. Historical and current program models in the use of native language instruction as well as sheltered English strategies for teaching academic content are examined. Candidates will prepare units to meet the needs of a variety of English language levels while addressing state and national content standards in mathematics, science and social studies. This course is open to teachers who speak another language in addition to English and is part of the required sequence for the Bilingual Endorsement by ISBE.