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EDUCATION 472-4
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ENGLISH AND LANGUAGE ARTS (ELEMENTARY)
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Instructor: Louise Towill
Phone:
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594-5640
594-5686 (answering
machine)
Fall Semester, 1991
(September 13— November 22)
Tentative Dates: (8:30 a.m.-3:00 p.m.)
Friday Sept. 13, Friday Sept. 27
Saturday Sept. 28, Friday Oct. 11
Friday Nov. 1, Saturday Nov. 2
Friday November 22
Location: MLC Rm # TBA
PREREQUISITE:
EDUC 401i402, or equivalent.
COURSE DESCRIPTION
This course will focus on developing the knowledge, skills and strategies needed to
create a rich and stimulating language arts program in the classroom. Issues
surrounding the core elements of reading, writing, speaking and listening will be
examined through current theory and teaching practice. Language acquisition will be
viewed as a holistic and integrated process which will allow communication skills to
develop naturally as children make meaning of their world.
You will have the opportunity to examine your personal beliefs pertaining to the child,
the teacher and the Language Arts curriculum as well as to examine and explore the
congruency between current theory and practice. This course will provide you with a
framework in which to examine and reflect upon your beliefs regarding learning and
teaching language and your role as teacher in engaging children in communicating
and in searching for meaning.
This course will comprise of a broad range of experiences. These activities will
include professional readings (discussion and written and oral reflections),
seminars, demonstrations, individualized tasks and small-group work threaded
through cooperative learning strategies. Upon completion of this course you should
have an extensive repertoire of strategies and materials which will augment language
learning in the classroom.
TOPICS INCLUDED
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the acquisition of language
- the process of reading
- the process of writing
- the development of oral language and listening skills
- the linking of reading and writing
- the integration of the four Language Arts strands
- reading and writing across the curriculum
- assessment and evaluation
- children's literature in the Language Arts classroom
- developing an effective Language Arts program
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COURSE REQUIREMENTS
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regular attendance and participation
- completion of assigned professional readings
- completion of short written assignments (including a professional journal)
- completion of one oral and one written project
REQUIRED TEXTS
Booth, David, & Thornley-Hall, Carol. (1991). Classroom Talk. Markham, Ontario:
Pembroke Publishing Ltd.
McCormick-Calkins, Lucy. (1986). (Ed.). The Art of Teaching Writing. Portsmouth,
NH: Heinemann Educational Books.
Temple, Charles, & Gillet, Jean. (1989). Language Arts: Learning Processes and
Teaching Practices. Glenview, ILL: Scott, Foresman and Co.
Watson, Dorothy; Burke, Carolyn, & Harste, Jerome. (1989). Whole Language:
Inquiring Voices. Richmond Hill, Ontario: Scholastic.
Wells, Gordon. (1986). The Meaning Makers. London, Ontario.
REQUIRED PRE-READING ASSIGNMENT
Your task is to pre-read the following and come to the first class prepared for
discussion.
The Meaning Makers
by Gordon Wells. Chapters 1 to 5.
Classroom
Talk by David Booth and Carol Thornley-Hall. Chapters 1 to 4.
