Legal, Historical, and Cultural Issues in ESL

Student Learning Outcomes, Goals, Objectives:

Students successfully completing this course will be able to:

• Students will explore the legal, cultural, and historical issues of TESOL with a focus on the United States and North Carolina through synthesizing readings and connecting with scenarios from their lives and classmates’ lives.
• Students will conceptualize their linguistic identities by creating a linguistic portrait that is connected to innovative language learning and theories related to bi/multilingualism.
• Students will identify a current issue in the field of TESOL and develop strategies and plans of action to address the issue by synthesizing readings and collaborating with colleagues.

Course Grading Information:

Activity/Performance Measure	Percentage/Points
Reading responses and engagement	30%
Linguistic portrait	30%
Research and policy-based scenario solution	30%
Participation	10%

Grading Scale

Percentage	Letter Grade
95-100	A
90-94	A-
87-89	B+
83-86	B
80-82	B-
77-79	C+
73-76	C
70-72	C-
67-69	D+
63-66	D
60-62	D-
0-59	F

Attendance/Participation:

You are expected to complete all readings and participate in all assignments, whole group and breakout room discussions. In case of emergency, please seek prior approval from the instructor before your absence. More than one absence from a synchronous class meeting results in a reduction in your participation grade.

Academic expectations in participation—When you refer to readings and ideas presented in readings, you need to cite your sources, both sources from our class and also any external sources. Try to minimize quotes and focus on paraphrasing. Citations and quotes count toward your word counts for assignments. (See http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/01/ for more information about citations in APA format.)

Course Materials Purchased by the Students:

No course materials are required.