Bilingual Education (EDBL)

Designed for thesis option students. The course requires completion of thesis research. Prerequisite: departmental approval. May be repeated for maximum of 6 semester hours.

Introduction to conceptual, linguistic, sociological, historical and legal foundations of bilingual education.

Psychological and sociological perspectives on the child's learning environment.

Methods, techniques and vocabulary needed for teaching mathematics, science and social studies in Spanish will be presented.

An examination of methods and techniques for teaching oral skills, reading and writing in the bilingual classroom. Relationship among the communication skills will be explored.

Analysis of the bilingual education movement at the international, national and state level, with special emphasis on the role of linguistics, national/state legislation and litigation.

Major theories and concepts relevant to the education of language minority students, including: cultural values and education; cognitive styles; sociology of language; language varieties.

Course emphasizes extensive bibliographic knowledge of the field. Concentration on reading and analysis of the novel, short story, poetic and dramatic genres. Taught in Spanish.

Application of management systems to curriculum development is analyzed. The contributions of current technologies for enhancing student achievement are highlighted. Prerequisite: 12 graduate semester hours in Education.

Course emphasizes cycle supervision and the improvement of individual teacher instructional behavior. Prerequisite: EDBL 6311.

Course emphasizes evaluation skills as applied to curriculum development and student-teacher terminal behavior. Taught in English. Prerequisite: EDBL 6311 and EDBL 6312.

Major theories and related research on the acquisition and learning of English as a Second Language are presented and synthesized.

Comparison of English and Spanish in areas of phonology, morphology and syntax; major studies involving Spanish and English language acquisition are examined.

Analysis of current methodologies in the teaching of oral, reading and writing skills in English as a second language. Taught in English. Prerequisite: 12 graduate semester hours in education and three semester hours in linguistics.

Analysis of current problems and approaches to the teaching of oral, reading and writing skills throughout several countries of the Hispanic world today. Taught in Spanish. Prerequisite: 12 graduate semester hours in education.

Analysis of current problems and approaches to the teaching of English reading for the bilingual child in Texas. Taught in English. Prerequisite: 12 graduate semester hours in education and 3 semester hours in linguistics.

Analysis of vocabulary, methodology and skills needed to teach subject matter in Spanish. Prerequisite: 12 graduate semester hours in education.

Analysis of different approaches to research and the components involved in developing a sound research design. Prerequisite: 12 graduate semester hours in education.

Principles of descriptive research and their application to the field of bilingual education.

Focuses on survey research, the development of proposals for extramural funding and the dissemination of project findings. Preparation of materials for publication/dissemination will be emphasized.

Directed research in a topic related to one of the following areas: EDSL, Spanish language skills, content area, child's native culture. May be repeated for credit once if topic changes. Taught in English or Spanish. Prerequisite: 12 graduate semester hours in education.

Directed research in a topic related to one of the following areas: EDSL, Spanish language skills, content area, child's native culture. May be repeated for credit once if topic changes. Taught in English or Spanish. Prerequisite: 12 graduate semester hours in education.