EDUC X 426.3

Fulfills English Language Learner requirement for Preliminary Credential when taken with X 426.1. Explore current theories of second language acquisition.Obtainapproval of your credential program advisor before enrolling.

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What you can learn.

Understand the cognitive, linguistic, and socio-cultural factors that affect language learning in children of diverse backgrounds

Learn how the California English Language Development standards and the English Language Development Test promotes language development

Discover research-based approaches for English-language development in listening, speaking, reading, and writing

Learn to deliver comprehensible instruction to English learners with three instructional models

About This Course

Fulfills English Language Learner requirement (Standard 12) for SB 2042 Preliminary Credential when taken with X 426.1. Please obtain the approval of your credential program advisor before enrolling to ensure that this course satisfies your credential program requirements. Explore current research-based theories of second language acquisition and the differences between first and second language and literacy development. Topics include cognitive, linguistic, and socio-cultural factors that affect language learning in children of diverse backgrounds; use of the California English Language Development standards and the English Language Proficiency Assessments for California (ELPAC) in instructional planning that promotes language development and academic achievement; and research-based approaches and methods for English-language development in listening, speaking, reading and writing as they relate to communicative competence. Learn to deliver comprehensible instruction to English learners with three instructional models: English Language Development (ELD), Content-based ELD and Specially Designed Academic Instruction in English (SDAIE).