Course Information for X425 Students
(Only for student teachers taking 6 hours of credit
and earning the Reading Minor, who have completed all methods courses
and be approved for a Reading Minor and have finished 10 weeks of regular
student teaching.)
Acknowledgments
Brief Course Summaries
1.Practicum in Language (X425/L525), taken for three college
credits, examines theory and practice related to language instruction
and specifically, effective ways to teach learners with reading
difficulties. In a practicum setting, you will learn to:
* Examine theories related to practice
* Think logically about instruction
* Choose appropriate goals geared to individual learner
needs
* Create reflective, documentable assessment
* Effectively organize the instructional setting
* Select appropriate resources
* Adapt classroom instruction to provide scaffolding
for struggling readers
* Choose strategies for appropriate reasons
* Create a caring instructional environment
* Evaluate your teaching
2.Students taking X425/L525 with an ESL emphasis will
work from the standard class syllabus and module discussions, but
assignments, discussion questions, practicum placements, and readings
will have an ESL focus.
3.Student teachers completing the 6-credit Reading Minor
Placement will find all information and materials related their
placements at the X425 site.
Comments: deregstr@indiana.edu
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