In Soy Bilingue, students explore bilingual and culturally sustaining practices in early childhood education. Through peer-led teaching, Total Physical Response (TPR), dual-language scheduling, and family-centered approaches, students design, facilitate, and reflect on lessons that affirm children's native tongues, including Black Language (AAE), Spanish, Indigenous languages, and other community languages. The course emphasizes identity, equity, brain-based language development, and culturally responsive pedagogy aligned with NAEYC standards, Universal Design for Learning (UDL), and Historically Responsive Literacy (HRL).
The course requires students to teach lessons using multiple languages, apply Total Physical Response (TPR), Historical Responsive Literacy (HRL) (UDL) Universal Design Learning strategies, and understand brain-based language acquisition. These outcomes meet standard competencies in bilingual education and language development coursework.
Anticipated Credit Equivalencies:
2 - Bilingual Education Methods
3 - Emergent Literacy in Multilingual Settings
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