EDU-2122 Language & Literacy Fundamentals

This course explores the fundamentals of language and literacy with emphases on the acquisition of language skills from birth through age eight, understanding family literacy, understanding the connection between reading and writing, the developmental stages of literacy in young children through adolescence, and the role of cultural influences on literacy. A focus of the course will be to prepare teachers of reading and writing to have knowledge of foundational content in the study of multiple literacies, literacy learning, and language development.