Early Childhood Multilingual Classroom - Methods and Strategies

In this course students will examine and implement key strategies to support multilingual and multicultural students in ways that value multilingualism and biliteracy in Early Childhood classrooms. Creating engaging learning environments for all students with an emphasis in language and cultural diversity will be explored and practiced. Methods and philosophies will be developed for positive partnership with all children and families that are responsive to language and cultural differences. 45 hours of documented supervised experience in a multilingual classroom are required for this course. Recommended Prereq, Completion of ECE145 Multiculturalism in Early Childhood, ECE210 Language Arts for the Young Child and ECE212 Foundations of a Multilingual Early Childhood Classroom or concurrent enrollment