Language Arts - English - English As A Second Language (ESL) - Media - Reading - Speech

Curriculum Design And Instruction To Teach

Language Arts: English, ESL, Reading, Media,

Speech.


Designed Specifically for the State National

Examination In Language Arts: For Graduate &

Undergraduate students seeking certification in

this subject area:





Author: Charles Hayes:


Special Features Include:


Phases For Conducting A Needs Assessment:

Curriculum Design Supplement:

Curriculum Design Plan:

Lesson Plans:

Test:

Instructional Goals:

Instructional Objectives:

Instructional Activities:

Instructional Evaluation Techniques:

Standard Vocabulary:

A Limited Glimpse:


Topics Include:


* Introduction:

I. English:

A. Writing: Students will learn to:

1. Apply the rules of punctuation:

2. Understand how sentences are revised:

3. Understand the development of paragraphs

and compositions:

4. Understand the writing process:

5. Identify the forms and purposes of informative

and persuasive writing:

6. Apply organizational techniques in writing:

7. Apply vocabulary skills (e.g., synonyms and

context clues) to improve comprehension:

8. Use interpretive comprehension skills in reading:

9. Use evaluative and critical thinking skills in

reading:

10. Apply library and study skills:

11. Understand the elements of traditional English

grammar:

12. Apply the rules of traditional English grammar:

13. Understand sentence types and sentence

structures:

14. Understand the conventions and diversity of

uses of language in written and oral

communication:

15. Understand how listening relates to

comprehension:

16. Understand effective speaking:

II. English as a Second Language:

A. You will learn to:

1. Understand learning theories,

strategies, and styles for ESL

instruction:

2. Understand concepts of culture:

3. Understand how culture and

language are related:

4. Identify techniques used in

effective listening:

5. Understand effective speaking and

appropriate use of speaking styles

and levels in non-academic interactive

situations:

6. Understand effective speaking and

appropriate use of speaking

styles in academic interactive

situations:

7. Understand English grammar, mechanics,

and usage:

8. Understand techniques used in writing

paragraphs and compositions:

9. Use literal, interpretive, and

evaluative skills in reading:

10. Understand how to administer, score,

and interpret a variety of educational

assessment instruments:

11. Identify methods of screening, diagnosing,

and placing students for ESL instruction:

12. Understand the assessment of cognitive-

academic skills in oral English:

13. Recognize problems that ESL students

may have with cognitive-academic

communication skills in English,

including problems in the content areas:

14. Understand the principles of ESL programs:

15. Understand the role of ESL within programs

for limited English proficiency students in

Illinois & other states:

16. Understand instructional approaches to

teaching English as a second language:

17. Identify ways to adapt curricula, instructional

activities, and materials for teaching

English as a second language:

18. Identify techniques of instruction in

communication and academic skills

for ESL students:

19. Identify methods of coordinating ESL

instruction with other education staff:

20. Recognize the effects of student differences

in ESL classrooms:

III. Media:

A. You will learn to:

1. Understand school library media

program public relations:

2. Understand budgetary procedures:

3. Understand the development and

implementation of the school

library media center program:

4. Analyze the information needs of

school library media center users

and non-users:

5. Understand criteria used to evaluate

the school library media center program:

6. Understand professional standards,

guidelines, and ethical responsibilities

related to the school library media center

program.

7. Analyze procedures (including computer-based

methods) and policies used in collection

development for the school library media

center program:

8. Understand circulation patterns, controls,

policies, and systems:

9. Understand the relationship between the

school library media center program and

the curriculum:

10. Understand instruction of students in

library media skills:

11. Understand how to administer, score,

and interpret a variety of educational

assessment instruments:

12. Understand reference and bibliographic

services in the school library media center:

13. Understand school library media services for

students with special educational needs

(e.g., learning disabled, gifted, and students

with different cultural and linguistic

backgrounds):

14. Understand encyclopedias, atlases,

gazetteers, dictionaries, and thesauruses:

15. Identify types and forms of literature and their

characteristics:

16. Identify major authors and illustrators of

children's literature and their works:

17. Identify major issues related to literature

for children and young adults:

18. Recognize the social responsibilities of the

school library media center program in relation

to literature:

19. Understand the design of instructional

materials:

20. Understand the use of audio-visual and

multimedia equipment:

IV. Reading:

A. You will learn to:

1. Use skills of phonic analysis and

structural analysis:

2. Identify techiques for teaching word

analysis and word recognition skills:

3. Identify techniques for teaching

vocabulary and syntax:

4. Understand techniques for reading

readiness instruction and for

fostering emergent literacy:

5. Understand inferential comprehension

skills:

6. Understand critical thinking skills:

7. Understand the interrelationship of

listening, speaking, writing, and

reading skills:

8. Identify instructional strategies for

teaching comprehension and composition

as related skills, comprehension of

longer passages, and the integration of

information from more than one text:

9. Identify types and characteristics of

nonfiction:

10. Identify ways to help students develop

literary appreciation:

11. Identify techniques for teaching reference

skills:

12. Identify and apply knowledge of ways to use

reading strategies:

13. Identify and apply knowledge of activities

to promote the use of reading strategies

for content-area reading:

14. Understand instructional strategies for

using reading for different purposes:

15. Understand the psycholinguistic and

sociolinguistic foundations for reading:

16. Understand principles of reading curricula:

17. Identify and apply knowledge of methods of

screening, diagnosing, and placing students

for reading instruction:

18. Identify and apply knowledge of informal

reading assessment methods and instruments:

19. Analyze instructional approaches in reading:

20. Analyze cultural and linguistic factors and

instructional strategies in relation to reading

instruction:

V. Speech:

A. You will learn to:

1. Understand types of communication

(eg., interpersonal) and their

characteristics:

2. Understand listening skills:

3. Understand writing skills required

for oral communication:

4. Understand verbal communication:

5. Understand nonverbal communication:

6. Understand interpersonal communication:

7. Analyze cultural factors that influence

interpersonal communication:

8. Understand the roles and responsibilities

of the individual in group discussion:

9. Understand the processes of group problem

solving and decision making:

10. Analyze factors in planning a speech:

11. Apply research skills used in speech

preparation:

12. Analyze elements of effective speech

delivery:

13. Understand the structure of speech:

14. Apply the principles of effective

reasoning in argumentation and

persuasion:

16. Understand the use of evidence in

argumentation and persuasion:

17. Understand the elements of drama:

18. Understand the characteristics and

functions of mass communication

(including print and nonprint media):

19. Apply critical evaluation techniques to

mass media broadcasting:

20. Understand how to administer, score, and

interpret a variety of educational assessment

instruments:

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