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Teaching Adolescent Literatureto ESL Students (ESL 600)

Term: 2018-2019 Summer

Faculty

Dr. Emilda C. Rivera-Pacheco Ed.D.
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Schedule

Sat, 1:30 PM - 3:25 PM (6/8/2019 - 6/8/2019) Location: PRICO CCPRC
Sat, 8:30 AM - 5:00 PM (6/29/2019 - 6/29/2019) Location: PRICO CCPRC
Sat, 8:30 AM - 5:00 PM (7/27/2019 - 7/27/2019) Location: PRICO CCPRC

Description

Course will focus on developing ESL teacher?s knowledge of quality literature available for adolescents. Teachers will read various literary genres (essays, short stories, poetry, novels) to analyze and evaluate their content to be able to select those which will best adapt to their ESL students. Course promotes literature to motivate reading and writing about topics related to students? lives, culture and social issues. Strategies to improve students? reading comprehension and analytical skills will be studied.