ENGL 725 - Second Language Literacy

Credits: 3
Studies theory, research, and pedagogy associated with the development of literacy in two languages, either simultaneously or successively. Focuses on how individuals and groups become literate in English as an additional or second language. Includes explorations of political, cultural, social, and contextual, as well as cognitive, textual, and educational, issues that arise in acquiring and using a second literacy. Open to MA/TESOL and PhD students in Composition and TESOL.