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LD 5934 Literacy Megacourse

(9 semester hours)
Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:

  1. explain in detail the profile of illiteracy in the world today
  2. explain in detail the inter-relationship between illiteracy, poverty, politics, and environment
  3. develop an appropriate writing system for an unwritten language
  4. explain the factors that go into orthography design
  5. describe strategies for testing and evaluating orthography proposals
  6. explain the major theories of reading and the history of their evolution
  7. explain and teach the principles of adult education
  8. explain, describe, and critique three different instructional strategies for teaching reading
  9. design instructional materials from any one of three different strategies for teaching reading
  10. design a complete literacy program
  11. explain alternative strategies for designing and managing a literacy program
  12. evaluate the need for external funding in a literacy program
  13. write a funding proposal for a literacy program
  14. identify and describe the major movements and trends in literacy
  15. identify the major "players" in the field of adult literacy
  16. explain the major issues involved in developing a multilingual education program for school children
  17. identify the major literature on adult literacy
  18. explain, with examples, change processes in traditional communities
  19. design teacher training protocols for adult literacy programs
  20. design testing protocols for reading materials
  21. develop instructional materials for transitional literacy programs
  22. use the LinguaLinks Electronic Performance Support system
  23. do detailed costing for a literacy program
  24. organize and direct a writers' workshop
  25. explain the need for post-literacy materials and how to develop these

Prerequisites:

  • AL4410 Principles of Grammatical Analysis
  • AL4303 Principles of Phonological Analysis
  • LD4350 Language & Society
 

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