Simon Fraser University
Engaging the World

Course Outlines

Spring 2019 - EDUC 711 G001

Special Topics

Lang,Cult,Lit across Curriculum

Class Number: 6214

Delivery Method: In Person

Overview

  • Course Times + Location:

    Jan 3 – Apr 8, 2019: Tue, 4:30–9:20 p.m.
    Burnaby

Description

CALENDAR DESCRIPTION:

Variable units 3, 4, 5.

COURSE DETAILS:

Calendar Description: A wide spectrum of students including both language teaching majors and content area teaching majors (e.g. science, mathematics and social studies education students) who are interested in integrating language and literacy support into science, mathematics or social studies teaching at elementary, secondary or tertiary levels will benefit from this course. 

Course Details: A wide spectrum of students including both language teaching majors and content area teaching majors (e.g. science, mathematics and social studies education students) who are interested in integrating language and literacy support into science, mathematics or social studies teaching will benefit from this course.  Course participants will be introduced to an accessible ‘meta-language’ (i.e. a language to talk about language) that is workable and usable for teachers and researchers from both language and content teaching backgrounds to facilitate collaboration across content and language subjects. Major approaches to LAC (Language Across the Curriculum), CLIL (Content and Language Integrated Learning), Immersion and Content-based Education will be introduced and critically reviewed. Current research topics (e.g. translanguaging, trans-semiotizing, new materiality, process and relational ontology) in the field will also be covered.

COURSE-LEVEL EDUCATIONAL GOALS:

Course – Level Educational Goals: This course aims at helping course participants: to develop a contextualized and critical understanding of major topics and theories in LAC, CLIL, Immersion and Content-based Education; to cultivate ‘academic language awareness’ and ‘academic culture awareness’ to critically reflect on existing practices and design innovative practices in integrating language and literacy support into content teaching; to increase plurilingual and pluricultural awareness of, and respect for, diversity in the linguistic, cultural and literate traditions and cultural knowledges that their (future) students bring to the classroom and to design ways of building on these resources in their teaching.

Grading

  • Language and content learning autobiography 10%
  • Analysis of the language and literacy demands of subject area texts 30%
  • Designing a unit of work for teaching using CLIL approaches 60%

Materials

REQUIRED READING:

Lin, Angel M. Y. (2016). Language Across the Curriculum and CLIL in English as an Additional Language (EAL) Contexts: Theory and practice. Singapore: Springer. ISBN: 978-981-10-1802-2 (eBook) (This text is downloadable as an ebook via the SFU library).
ISBN: 978-981-10-1802-2

RECOMMENDED READING:

Other readings, such as journal articles and books, will be identified when the syllabus is finalized after the first class. 

Graduate Studies Notes:

Important dates and deadlines for graduate students are found here: http://www.sfu.ca/dean-gradstudies/current/important_dates/guidelines.html. The deadline to drop a course with a 100% refund is the end of week 2. The deadline to drop with no notation on your transcript is the end of week 3.

Registrar Notes:

SFU’s Academic Integrity web site http://www.sfu.ca/students/academicintegrity.html is filled with information on what is meant by academic dishonesty, where you can find resources to help with your studies and the consequences of cheating.  Check out the site for more information and videos that help explain the issues in plain English.

Each student is responsible for his or her conduct as it affects the University community.  Academic dishonesty, in whatever form, is ultimately destructive of the values of the University. Furthermore, it is unfair and discouraging to the majority of students who pursue their studies honestly. Scholarly integrity is required of all members of the University. http://www.sfu.ca/policies/gazette/student/s10-01.html

ACADEMIC INTEGRITY: YOUR WORK, YOUR SUCCESS