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Apr 28, 2024
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Catalog 2020-2021 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
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ECED 310 Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Learners with Practicum6 credits
This course focuses on communication and connections with culturally and linguistically diverse learners in early learning settings. The course includes analysis of teaching strategies that support speech and language acquisition skills and incorporate children’s home languages into daily interactions. Students learn to communicate with children about learning experiences in a nurturing and supportive way.
Prerequisites: Admission to the BAS in ECE program
Course Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this course students will be able to:
- Correlate children’s cultural and major social-ecological influences with language, literacy, and communication development
- Analyze the diversity of learners and their communication development (verbal and non-verbal) in an early learning setting
- Create and implement a comprehensive plan for an inclusive environment that supports dual language learners and cultural identity development and enhances children’s speech and language acquisition skills
- Facilitate nurturing interactions that support children’s communication, incorporate the child’s home language, and communicate about children’s learning experiences
- Demonstrate a culturally responsive approach to integrating literacy experiences into early learning activities
- Develop partnerships with families to promote language and literacy experiences in the home environment
Total Hours: 100 Theory (Lecture) Hours: 40 Field-Based Experience (Practicum or Internship) Hours: 60
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