TSL 3080 ESOL ISSUES: PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICES I K-12 3 credits

Prerequisite: Admission to Secondary Science Education BS, Business Technology Education BS, Educational Studies BS, Prekindergarten/Primary Education (age 3 through grade 3) with Infused ESOL and Reading BS, Elementary Education with Reading BS, Exceptional Education with Reading BS, Elementary Education BS, Exceptional Education BS, Middle Grades Math Education BS, Secondary Math Education BS, Technology Education BS, Canadian EPI, Elementary Education EPI, Exceptional Education EPI, Secondary Math EPI, Middle Grades Math EPI, Middle Grades Science EPI, Secondary Science EPI, or Initial Certification. This course is an introduction to the issues, principles, and practices of teaching English to speakers of other languages. It provides the foundation of knowledge necessary to meet the instructional needs of linguistically and culturally diverse students. Students will have 15 hours of field experience. (College of Education and EPI Math Education and EPI Science Education students will complete the field experience hours in this course. EPI Elementary Education and EPI Exceptional Education students will complete the field experience hours in their practicum.) 47 contact hours.