ENGL 432 - Literacy and ESOL Reading

4 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 included are models for acquiring foreign language reading skills, teaching strategies 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 with enhancement.
Prerequisites C or better in ENGL 103.