ENL 549: Teach Eng:Classroom Meth - fall

Prerequisite: Graduate Standing or permission of instructor

General Education requirement: Cultural & Artistic Literacy

Theory and practice of teaching secondary English in its three dominant areas of reading, writing, and rhetorical analysis of literary works. Special focus will be upon how students acquire language and theoretical skills within the complex milieu of classrooms and how teachers can enhance that learning by translating sound theory into a broad range of learning activities and classroom strategies. This course is required for certification in secondary English teaching in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.