ECED 311 - Language & Literacy in Multilingual Settings

5 Credits

This course examines the intersection of culture, language, and development to support emergent literacy in diverse, multilingual settings. Students will analyze the connection between oral language and literacy, evaluating instructional models that support mono-, bi-, and multilingual development. Emphasis is placed on creating inclusive, culturally sustaining, and literacy-rich environments that leverage home factors and support the unique needs of linguistically and ability diverse children from birth to age eight.

Pre-requisite(s) EDUC& 115, EDUC& 150, ECED& 190, ECED& 160, and EDUC& 204 min 2.0
Admitted Program BAS - ECE
Fees

Quarters Typically Offered
Spring Evening, Online

Designed to Serve BAS in Early Childhood Education students
Active Date 20260408T14:52:53

Grading Basis Decimal Grade
Class Limit 24
Contact Hours: Lecture 55
Total Contact Hours 55
Degree Distributions:
ProfTech Course Yes
Restricted Elective Yes
Course Outline

Oral Language & Cultural Foundations: Analyzing the intersection of culture, oral language development, and emergent literacy to build a strong foundation for reading and writing.
Models of Multilingual Instruction: Evaluating various instructional approaches (e.g., dual language immersion, transitional bilingual, sheltered instruction) to support inclusive mono-, bi-, and multilingual development.
Designing Inclusive Environments: Constructing literacy-rich classroom environments that specifically support the access and engagement of linguistically, ability, and neurodiverse children.
Leveraging Family & Community Assets: Developing strategies to identify and integrate home cultural factors, oral traditions, and family languages into the literacy curriculum.
Culturally Sustaining/Anti-Bias Instruction: Creating comprehensive literacy plans that are effective, inclusive, and actively sustain the cultural and linguistic identities of young learners.

Student Learning Outcomes
Analyze the connection between oral language and literacy creating a plan for effective, inclusive, and culturally sustaining early literacy instruction.

Formulate suggestions for enhancing literacy development leveraging home and cultural factors that naturally stimulate children’s reading and writing.

Analyze variations in instructional models that support inclusive mono-, bi-, and multilingual development.

Construct a plan for a literacy rich classroom environment to support learning for linguistically and neurodiverse children from birth to age eight.

Analyze the intersection of culture, language, and development in emergent literacy.