ENGL 532 - Literacy and ESOL Reading

3 Hour(s) Credit
Introduces students interested in questions of language acquisition to the theories and practices relating to learning to read in a second language or second dialect. Topics include models for acquiring foreign language reading skills, teaching strategies for second language/dialect literacy, evaluating literacy skills, investigating current research about acquisition of literacy skills, and exploring political and social implications of second/language/dialect literacy.
Three hours per week.
Undergraduate/Graduate Swing Equivalent ENGL 432