This course is designed to facilitate elementary teachers understanding of how academic language impacts learning. It will discuss academic language features at the three levels of academic language as described in WIDA (word/phrase level, sentence level, and discourse level), both in terms of general academic register as well as specific to content learning in listening, speaking, reading, and writing. Participants will investigate how academic language features affect student comprehension of content information, text, and instruction, ways to help students develop stronger academic language skills, and ways to adapt text based on academic language proficiency. Each class of the course is explicitly tied to standards and expectations embedded in the MA Curriculum Framework, the 2012 PARCC Model Content Frameworks for ELA/Literacy and Math, and the WIDA ELD standards.
William (Bill) Diehl, Ed.D. Deputy Executive Director Collaborative for Educational Services 97 Hawley Street Northampton, MA 01060 WDiehl@collaborative.org Tel: (413) 586-4900 x110 Fax: (413) 586-0180 Cell: (413) 588-8523
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