B405 – Emergent Literacy with New Language Learners
This course is designed to help students examine the definition of what it means to read and write; recognize and describe developmental stages in learning to read and write; describe and identify different factors that influence learning to read and write; and design and implement an emergent curriculum in a culturally and linguistically diverse early childhood classroom. The course will focus on the role of parents and teachers in promoting literacy development in early childhood classrooms, the relationship between oral and written language, and the role of high quality multicultural literature and story telling in emergent literacy.