Undergraduate Courses for Bilingual Education

ED  3403 - Language Arts/Reading in the Preschool and Elementary Curriculum for Limited English Proficient Students (3)
Theory and practice of teaching listening, speaking, reading, writing and grammar in both first and second language development. Topics and techniques appropriate to grade level, content and level of linguistic proficiency in two languages will be included. Strongly recommended that the course be taken with the Junior Field Experience.

ICA 3410 - Teaching Techniques for Bilingual-Bicultural Classes (3)
Examination and evaluation of alternative pedagogical methods and techniques for use in teaching content areas to bilingual/bicultural students in a multicultural-multiethnic environment. Inquiry into the nature and content of elementary school mathematics, science, and social studies; and implications for teaching the limited English proficient student. Also considered will be the use of visual, manipulative, computer materials and teaching strategies pertaining to mathematics, science, and social studies.

ICA 3420 - Theory and Practice of Teaching English As a Second Language (3)
Introduction to the linguistics method, materials and techniques of teaching English as a Second Language.

ICA 4440 - Introduction to Bilingual Education (3)
Examination of the history, legislation and concepts of bilingual education throughout the nation and neighboring countries.

ICA 4441 - History and Culture of the Limited English Proficient Student
Examination of the historical and experiential background, the cultural heritage, and the resultant mental set of the limited English proficient student, and the use of computer materials as culture awareness assimilators. Study of sociolinguistics, including the development of a vocabulary of idiomatic expressions designed to facilitate the prospective bilingual teachers' communication with limited English proficient children, parents, and communities.

ICA 4804 - Field Experiences in a Bilingual/Multicultural Setting (3)
Individualized projects carried out by means of observations and visits to schools and community agencies that function in a bilingual setting and serve a bilingual population, as well as the sharing and analysis of the results and ideas culled from these experiences, during class meetings. Those teaching at the time of enrollment in this course will use their own schools and communities as the basis for their observations. For those not teaching, access to and observation of schools and agencies will be arranged.