ENGL 534 - Literacy and ESOL Writing

3 Hour(s) Credit
Introduces students interested in questions of language acquisition to the theories and practices of learning to write in a second language or second dialect. Topics include writing theory, writing strategies, and second language writers and rhetorical concerns. In addition, students will examine teaching methodologies for second language/dialect literacy, evaluating literacy skills, current research about acquisition of literacy skills, and political and social implications of second language/dialect literacy.
Three hours per week.
Prerequisites ENGL 537 or permission of instructor.