ELTC : Teaching Reading & Writing
This course surveys the state of the art in the teaching of reading and writing and presents the best practices currently in use in language classrooms. It covers reading and writing instruction from primary through university and offers a variety of strategies, practical activities, and a synthesis of approaches to lead students to become independent learners.
Course Outline
- Balancing Bottom-up & Top-down Approaches
- Begining to Read & Write
- Teaching with Literature
- Guided Reading
- Strategic Reading
- Extensive Reading
- The Writing Process
- Using Model Texts
- Text - Types
- Creative Writing