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SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY ?
EDUCATION 3674
INTEGRATING ESL LEARNERS IN DIFFERENT SCHOOL SUBJECTS:
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SCIENCE AND MATHEMATICS ?
(Section E1.00)
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(Cat. #81521)
Fall Semester 1992
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Instructor:
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Prof. Gloria Sampson
(September 8—December 4)
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Office: ?
MPX 8671
Mondays, 4:30-8:20 p.m.
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Phone:
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291-4303
Location: MPX 7600
PREREQUISITES:
60 hours of credit
OBJECTIVES AND TOPICS
Because the kind of English used in science and mathematics differs greatly in syntax
from that used in other subjects, a general purpose English as a second language course
does not usually provide children and adolescents of limited English proficiency with
the proper language skills to handle science and mathematics in the typical
elementary or secondary classroom. This course provides teachers of science and
mathematics from Grades K-12 with techniques for helping ESL learners in their
classes to cope with the English specific to these subject areas. The course is designed
specifically for science and math teachers with NO background in English linguistics
or ESL teaching methods. Topics covered are:
1. How the English used in talking about and writing about science and mathematics
differs from ordinary English.
2. How to assess the conceptual and linguistic knowledge of students with limited
proficiency in English.
3.
How to structure lessons that have students
who
speak English as their native
language and English as their second language working together on the same
content, but on different levels of language.
4.
How to create progress files that appropriately assess second language learners in
the sciences and mathematics.
ASSIGNMENTS:
(1)
Assessing math or science concepts and the English competence of an ESL student;
(2)
A teaching unit in math or science to meet ESL learners' needs;
(3)
Creating progress files for ESL students in math and science classes.
REQUIRED TEXTBOOKS:
Patricia Osborn. (1989).
How Grammar Works (A
Self-Teaching
Guide).
Toronto:
John Wiley & Sons, Inc. [A book for people
who
dislike grammar.]
Rosalind Driver, Edith Guesne and Andrée Tiberghien. (1989).
Children's Ideas in
Science.
Milton Keynes, England: Open University Press.
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics. (1991).
Curriculum and Evaluation
Standards for School Mathematics,
K-12.
Reston, VA: National Council of
Teachers of Mathemtics.
