EDU 336 - Methods of Teaching a Foreign Language (Pre-Practicum)

3 Credit(s)

This course deals with the fundamentals of teaching foreign languages at the elementary, junior, and senior high school levels. Topics include: the theoretical basis of methods, (linguistic and psychological); the foreign language curriculum; audio-lingual methods; techniques of teaching comprehension, speaking, reading, writing, phonology; syntax/morphology; literature and culture; the language laboratory; plans and planning; tests and testing; evaluation, motivation, and aptitude; co-curricula activities and materials. Three lecture hours and two hours of fieldwork per week. Prerequisites: Successful completion of an intermediate level language course or permission of the Foreign Languages Department Chairperson, and acceptance into Secondary Licensure Program.