CourseCompass Access Code Card for Course Connect

This online ELL Methods and Curriculum Development course developed by Pearson Teacher Education and Development offers instructors a rich online course built around assignments and activities, classroom videos, and readings.  Weekly assignments are focused on essential course concepts and provide well-structured and effective learning activities.  Once students complete these assignments they are given opportunities to discuss and reflect upon what they have learned.  Students are then led tomeaningful weekly activities that require them to apply what they have learned.  Available for most course management systems, this course is customizable and can easily accommodate and adapt to instructors’ own resources and materials.  

 

Basic Course Components

Course Documents



Online Student Manual
Course Syllabus
Course Reading Assignments from Leading Texts
Rubrics
Online Resources
Bloom’s Taxonomy
Lesson Plan Template
Microsoft Tutorials

Weekly Assignments



Learning Objectives
Learning Log
Reading Assignments
Viewing Activities
Theory Into Practice Exercises
Discussion Board Questions
Synthesize/Apply/Reflect Exercises
Assignment Guidelines
Additional Resources

ELL Methods and Curriculum Development Course Topics



Introduction to English as a Second Language
Fundamentals of Language Learning
Language Acquisition
ESL Methodologies and Instructional Practices
Oral Language Instruction
Reading Instruction
Writing Instruction
Content Area Instruction
Assessment

 

Books Aligned to the Course



Diaz-Rico, L.T. (2008)Course for Teaching English Learners, A. Boston, MA: Allyn & Bacon.  
ISBN-10: 0205510507

Horwitz, E.K. (2008) Becoming A Language Teacher: A Practical Guide to Second Language Learning and Teaching.  Boston, MA: Allyn & Bacon.
ISBN-10: 0205430821

New Levine, L.  & McCloskey, M.L.  (2009) Teaching Learners of English in Mainstream Classrooms (K-8) (with MyEducationLab). Boston, MA: Allyn & Bacon. 
ISBN-10: 0138155968

Peregoy, S.F. & Boyle, O.F. (2009) Reading, Writing and Learning in ESL: A Resource Book for Teaching K-12 English Learners (with MyEducationLab), (5th ed.). Boston, MA: Allyn & Bacon.   
ISBN-10: 020562684X