Language Arts Methods for Primary Classroom I

Course Description

This course is mandatory for students taking the Associate of Arts Degree in Primary Education and the Certificate in Primary Education. The course introduces students to the teaching of language and literacy to children from birth to eight years. Students acquire knowledge of how young children use the skills and components of language. Students explore and begin to apply teaching strategies that will enable young children to develop these skills and components. They explore strategies for modifying instruction to meet the needs of children from diverse social, cultural, economic, and linguistic backgrounds and with varying levels of ability.