![]() formerly known as CREADE Collaborative Reading Education And Distance Education |
READ 519: Language Study for Teachers: K-12 (3 credits)
One credit course: Spring 2003, Summer 2004 & 2005
Spring & Summer 2006, Spring 2007
Note: Beginning Summer 2007, READ 519 was redesigned as a 3-credit course
Summer 2007
Spring & Summer 2008
Spring & Summer 2009
Summer 2009: 06/22/09 - 07/24/09
St. Pierre-Graves
– Portland State University
| COURSE DESCRIPTION |
This course will provide foundational knowledge in linguistics
important for literacy teachers.
Topics include fundamentals in:
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| PREREQUISITES | There are no required prerequisites for this graduate-level course. However, learners are assumed to have experience working with elementary and/or secondary students. | ||||||||
| COURSE STRUCTURE |
Online delivery using WebCT. No face-to-face interactions. Course readings; Discussion Board, Threaded Discussion; providing responses on selected topics and exercises to share with one another. Language analysis using student sample is also included. | ||||||||
| STANDARDS |
This course supports the following International Reading Association's 2003 Standards for Reading Professionals:
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| PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS |
Teachers will gain important background knowledge to facilitate their instructional planning and delivery in phonics instruction, vocabulary development, sentence structure, word meaning and choice in comprehension, questioning strategies, and textual structure. | ||||||||
| CORE/ELECTIVE | This graduate course can be used as a core or elective course in the Literacy Foundations thematic area in the 24-credit Reading Endorsement program, as 3 elective credits for those in the 12-credit Literary Education program, or as a stand-alone course. | ||||||||
| INSTRUCTOR | Mimi St. Pierre-Graves | ||||||||
| TARGET AUDIENCE |
This course is designed as an overview of linguistics fundamentals for preK-12 teachers. | ||||||||
| TIME COMMITMENT |
Students should expect to spend approximately 22 hours per week for 4 weeks (summer) OR 9 hours per week for 10 weeks in course-related activities (e.g., reading the text and course materials, posting to discussion forums, completing written and teacher's classroom-based assignment). This course is online and does not require in-person attendance. Assignments are completed on the learner's time schedule and are due as posted. | ||||||||
| TEXTBOOK | The textbook for this course is Reading, Writing, and Learning in ESL: A Resource Book for K-12 Teachers, 3rd edition or later, by Suzanne F. Peregoy and Owen F. Boyle. Longman. ISBN: 0-8013-3249-4 | ||||||||
| CONTACT(S) | For more details on this course, please contact Mimi St. Pierre-Graves or Val Katagiri at Portland State University. |