Fall 07 Courses in Foreign Langu

FLA 339/505 Methods and Material in the Teaching of Foreign Languages
A review of methods and materials for the teaching of foreign languages and literatures in the secondary schools. Special attention is given to the problems and purposes of the teaching of foreign languages at the high school level.
Prerequisite: Admission to a Foreign language Teacher Preparation program.
Co-requisite: FLA 449
MW: 3:50-5:10 — P. Sanou
FLA 340/506 Curriculum Development and Micro-Teaching
A course designed to train future languages teachers in the development of well-articulated programs in secondary schools. Students have to opportunity to enjoy clinical experiences in school settings. Special attention is given to lesson planning, classroom management, and portfolio development.
Prerequisite C or higher in FLA 339
Co-requisite FLA 450
MW: 3:50-5:10 — M. Turan
FLA 451/551 Supervised Student Teaching: Middle School Level Grades 7-9
Prerequisite: Enrollment in the Foreign Language Teacher Preparation Program: Permission of the instructor.
Co-requisite: FLA 452/552 and FLA 454/554(S/U grading)
Irene Marchegiani

FLA 452/552 Supervised Student Teaching: Middle School Level Grades 10-12
Prerequisite: Enrollment in the Foreign Language Teacher Preparation Program: Permission of the instructor.
Co-requisite: FLA 451/551 and FLA 454/554 (S/U grading)
Irene Marchegiani
FLA 454/554 Student Teaching Seminar
Seminar on problems encountered by student teachers and public school teachers at the secondary level in foreign language teaching. Study and analysis of the many aspects of the foreign language teaching professional organizations.
Co-requisite: Enrollment in student teaching
01: TuTh: 5:20-8:10 — Irene Marchegiani
02: TuTh: 5:20-8:10 — Staff

FLA 549/459 and FLA 450/550 - Field Experience, grade 7-12
Observation, inquiry, and practice in foreign language education at the secondary level including50 hours for each course of documented visitations and observation at documented sites. Field experience writing logs are the basis for group discussion.
1 credit each, S/U grading
FLA 540 Foreign Language Acquisition Research
A study of recent trends in foreign language acquisition research. The focus is on classroom-based research: qualitative and quantitative research methodologies, variables in classroom-based learning research, analysis of research result.
Prequisite: FLA 505/506.
Tu: 5:20-8:10 — S. Jourdain

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