EDUCATION

472-4

DESIGNS FOR LEARNING: LANGUAGE ARTS (Secondary)

INTERSESSION 1980 ?

INSTRUCTOR: David Booth

Tuesday and Friday, 8:30 - 12:30

This course will examine various methods and materials used

in the study of English at the secondary level, along with an

exploration of recent trends in teaching English. Curriculum

planning, methods of evaluating students' progress, strategies

or promoting reading and use of the media, and techniques

for developing students' oral and dramatic skills will

be considered. Attention will be paid to the basic aims of

teaching writing, the place and treatment of grammar, and

work study. The course will review the various methods

of presenting literary forms such as the novel, the play

and the short story.

TEXT:

MOFFETT, J. and WAGNER, B.J.; STUDENT-CENTERED LANGUAGE

ARTS AND READING,

K-13,

Houghton Mifflin

1976