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Group E2.00

CURRICULUM AND INSTRUCTION IN ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE

Fall Semester, 1990 ?

Instructor: ?

Prof. Gloria Sampson

Mondays ?

Office: ?

MPX 8671

4:30 - 9:20 p.m. ?

Phone: ?

291-4303

Location: MPX7500B

PREREQUISITE:

60 hours of credit and an undergraduate linguistics course, such as Linguistics 100

or UBC's English 329 (Distance Education).

OBJECTIVES AND TOPICS

Students will learn to develop English language and literature teaching units

based on themes appropriate for the age/grade level of the learners they

currently teach or hope to teach.

2. Students will learn how to develop and implement lessons to teach the sound

system of English (phonology), the morphological systems of English

(derivational and inflectional), the syntax of English (tenses and some basic

clause structures), and the major discourse types in English (based on oral

language registers and literary genres).

3. Students will learn how to adjust their teaching practices to fit the different

needs and interests of children, adolescents, and adults.

ASSIGNMENTS

1.

Developing a thematic unit for a specific age/grade level (20%)

2.

Creating a phonology lesson within the theme (25%)

3.

Creating a phonics lesson for reading in ESL within the theme (15%)

4.

Teaching inflectional morphology within the theme (15%)

5.

Creating lessons to teach syntax within the context of authentic written

discourses related to the theme (25%)

REQUIRED TEXTBOOKS

Sampson, Gloria. (1990). Transcultural Teaching Every Day. (Duplicated draft of

textbook, available for purchase in class.)