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I was there in the early 90's and let me tell you that school wasn't a priority at all, if you didn't behave you didn't even go.
Now I read they are offering classes in Doctoral Dissertations, I must have taken too much acid and entered the twilight zone somehow.
ELAN 3110. Children's Literature and Oral Language, Grades P-5. 3 hours.
Oasis Title: CH LIT & ORAL LANG.
Wide reading from all genres of children's literature and criteria for selection and response. Students examine how literature can be used to facilitate reading, writing, speaking, and listening in content areas (e.g., social studies, science). Students are introduced to theory and research in language acquisition, development, and linguistic variation.
Non-traditional format: This course is also offered through University System of Georgia Independent Study (USGIS).
Offered fall and spring semesters every year.
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ELAN 3461. Issues in English Education, Grades 7-12. 3-9 hours. Repeatable for maximum 9 hours credit.
Oasis Title: ISSUES ENGLISH EDUC.
Prerequisite: ELAN 3460.
Community work with adolescents (mentoring, tutoring, etc.), common readings in education, and interactions with professional educators. English education majors build on individual and shared experiences and readings to examine issues of English education in public schools. They construct a portfolio of insights and experiences.
Non-traditional format: Discussion hour plus community service work.
Offered spring semester every year.
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ELAN 4000/6000. Independent Study in Language Education. 1-6 hours. Repeatable for maximum 6 hours credit.
Oasis Title: INDEP STUDY LANG ED.
Undergraduate prerequisite: Permission of department.
Selected topics related to teaching language arts or a foreign language.
Non-traditional format: Independent study with faculty member.
Not offered on a regular basis.
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ELAN 4120. Language and Literacy, Grades P-5. 3 hours.
Oasis Title: LANGUAGE & LITERACY.
Recent theory and research on written language acquisition and development and linguistic variation. Students develop strategies for development of oral and written language in reading, language arts, and in the content areas.
Offered fall and spring semesters every year.
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ELAN 4400. Teaching as Planning in Context in English Education, Grades 7-12. 3 hours.
Oasis Title: TCH/PLAN IN CONTEXT.
Prerequisite: Permission of department.
Corequisite: ELAN 4401/6401 or ELAN 4410/6410 or ELAN 4460/6460 or ELAN 4470/6470.
Historical, political, economic, and social factors that influence how the language arts are taught, how schools operate, and how teachers function.
Not offered on a regular basis.
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ELAN 4401. Teaching as Collaborative Inquiry in English Education, Grades 7-12. 3 hours.
Oasis Title: TCHG INQUIRY ENG ED.
Prerequisite: Permission of department.
Corequisite: ELAN 4400/6400 or ELAN 4410/6410 or ELAN 4460/6460 or ELAN 4470/6470.
Literacy research for practitioners including research design, methodology, data analysis and interpretation for questions about students as readers/writers/language users.
Offered fall semester every year.
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ELAN 4410/6410. Adolescent Literature, Grades 7-12. 3 hours.
Oasis Title: ADOLESCENT LIT.
Undergraduate prerequisite: Permission of department.
Undergraduate corequisite: ELAN 4400/6400 or ELAN 4401/6401 or ELAN 4460/6460 or ELAN 4470/6470.
Adolescent literature and its selection and use in the middle school and high school to promote engagement with literature and as a bridge to the classics.
Offered fall semester every year.
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ELAN 4460. Supervised Field Experience in English Education, Grades 7-12. 3 hours.
Oasis Title: FIELD EXPER ENGL ED.
Prerequisite: Permission of department.
Corequisite: ELAN 4400/6400 or ELAN 4401/6401 or ELAN 4410/6410 or ELAN 4470/6470.
Observation and work in public school English classrooms.
Offered fall semester every year.
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ELAN 4462/6462. Student Teaching Seminar in English Education, Grades 7-12. 3 hours.
Oasis Title: STU TCHG SEM ENG ED.
Undergraduate prerequisite: ELAN 4400/6400 or ELAN 4401/6401 or ELAN 4410/6410 or ELAN 4460/6460 or ELAN 4470/6470.
Undergraduate corequisite: ELAN 5460.
Issues of classroom teaching. Students plan for and examine their concurrent student teaching experience in light of research and theory, peers' experiences in other school settings, and their own teaching and learning histories.
Non-traditional format: Intensive two-week planning seminar prior to student teaching and two-week debriefing seminar following student teaching. Ten weeks of two-hour weekly discussions concurrent with student teaching.
Offered spring semester every year.
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ELAN 4470. Guided Field Research in English Education, Grades 7-12. 3 hours.
Oasis Title: FIELD RSCH ENGL ED.
Prerequisite: Permission of department.
Corequisite: ELAN 4400/6400 or ELAN 4401/6401 or ELAN 4410/6410 or ELAN 4460/6460.
Supervised observation and participation in school settings.
Offered fall semester every year.
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ELAN 4530. Foreign Language Curriculum and Methods, P-8. 3 hours.
Oasis Title: FL CURR & METH P-8.
Prerequisite: Permission of department.
Corequisite: ELAN 4531.
Foundations of second language learning, curricular and materials design, and methods of teaching foreign languages in the elementary and middle schools.
Offered fall semester every year.
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ELAN 4531. Foreign Language Curriculum and Methods, Grades 7-12. 3 hours.
Oasis Title: FL CURR & METH 7-12.
Prerequisite: Permission of department.
Corequisite: ELAN 4530.
Curricular design of foreign languages and the techniques and strategies for teaching and evaluating language acquisition.
Offered fall semester every year.
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ELAN 4630/6630. TESOL Methods and Materials for Adult Learners. 3 hours.
Oasis Title: TESOL METHODS.
Principles, methods, materials, and activities for the teaching of English to adult speakers of other languages.
Offered every year.
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ELAN 5030. American Language and Cultural Studies for International Students. 3 hours.
Oasis Title: AMER LANG CULT STUD.
Designed to help international students develop advanced English skills in understanding academic lectures, comprehending reading materials, speaking with grammatical accuracy and acceptable pronunciation, and writing for academic purposes.
Offered fall semester every year.
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ELAN 5040/7040. Language and Culture in the Classroom. 3 hours.
Oasis Title: LANG & CULT IN CLAS.
Exploration of topics on the relationship between language and culture and on pedagogical principles of multicultural education.
Offered fall semester every year.
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(ELAN)(EDEC)(EDEL)EDMS 5180/7180. Understanding Cultural and Linguistic Diversity in Schools. 2 hours.
Oasis Title: UND CUL & LING DIV.
Not open to students with credit in ELAN 5040.
Undergraduate prerequisite: Permission of department.
Corequisite: EDMS(EDEC)(EDEL)(ELAN) 5180L/7180L.
Influences of cultural pluralism on American education. Characteristics of culturally and linguistically diverse groups and the relationship among language, culture, and learning. Development of culturally responsive teaching strategies.
Offered summer semester every year.
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(ELAN)(EDEC)(EDEL)EDMS 5180L/7180L. Understanding Cultural and Linguistic Diversity in Schools Laboratory. 2 hours. 4 hours lab per week.
Oasis Title: CUL & LING DIV LAB.
Not open to students with credit in ELAN 5040.
Corequisite: EDMS(EDEC)(EDEL)(ELAN) 5180/7180.
On-site in Mexico or other Spanish-speaking countries in Latin America, immersion in the country's social, cultural, and educational environments. Visits to schools and social agencies; discussion with preservice and inservice educators, and development of conversational Spanish abilities.
Offered summer semester every year.
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ELAN 5200. Literature and Language Arts Across the Curriculum, Grades 4-8. 3 hours.
Oasis Title: LANG ART ACROSS CUR.
Uses writing as a teaching strategy in elementary and middle school content area classrooms. Students experience writing as a process to develop their writing skills, plan content area assignments, evaluate writing, and understand how young people think about and learn content material through writing.
Offered spring semester every year.
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ELAN 5210. Children's Literature and Oral Language, Grades 4-8. 3 hours.
Oasis Title: CHILD LIT GRADE 4-8.
Children's and adolescent literature appropriate for elementary and middle school students, including development of criteria for book selection, strategies for promoting enjoyment and appreciation, and methods for responding to diverse literature.
Offered fall semester every year.
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ELAN 5220. Writing Pedagogy, Grades 4-8. 3 hours.
Oasis Title: WRITING PEDAGOGY.
Strategies for building a literate learning community. Students write fiction, poetry, and information texts, engaging in as well as studying the pedagogy of writing development, conference, revision, assessment, and publishing.
Offered fall and spring semesters every year.
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ELAN 5312/7312. Poetry, Grades P-8. 3 hours.
Oasis Title: POETRY GRADES P-8.
Poems and enrichment activities for use in elementary and middle school classes; ways of encouraging children to respond to published poetry, to understand poetic devices, and to write poetry.
Offered spring semester every even-numbered year.
Offered summer semester every odd-numbered year.
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ELAN 5314/7314. Informational Literature, Grades P-8. 3 hours.
Oasis Title: INFO LIT GRADES P-8.
Reading of informational literature and examining selection criteria and ways to integrate informational books into language arts and content area curricula appropriate for preschool through 8th grade.
Offered every year.
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ELAN 5318/7318. Culturally Diverse Children's Literature, Grades P-8. 3 hours.
Oasis Title: CULT DIVERSE CH LIT.
Undergraduate prerequisite: ELAN 5210.
Graduate prerequisite: ELAN 6310 or ELAN 7310.
Children's fiction, poetry, and nonfiction literature dealing with the experiences of diverse cultures comprising American society. Development of criteria for evaluation and strategies for incorporating literature into the curriculum.
Offered every year.
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ELAN 5332/7332. Drama, Grades P-8. 3 hours.
Oasis Title: DRAMA GRADES P-8.
Integrating drama across the curriculum, including improvisational process drama, connecting to issues associated with children's literature, reading, writing, storytelling, and thematic oriented units of study with students in grades prekindergarten through middle school.
Offered summer semester every year.
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ELAN 5390/7390. Difficulties in Literacy Teaching and Learning, Grades P-8. 3 hours.
Oasis Title: LIT TCHG & LEARNING.
Issues related to preschool through 8th grade readers and writers with diverse learning paths, including learning disabilities, English as a second language, and histories of school failure. Effective teaching strategies include culturally-responsive teaching, student-generated curriculum and assessment links, interdisciplinary connections, and family involvement.
Not offered on a regular basis.
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ELAN 5460. Student Teaching in English Education, Grades 7-12. 1-12 hours.
Oasis Title: STUDENT TCHG ENGL.
Prerequisite: ELAN 4400/6400 or ELAN 4401/6401 or ELAN 4410/6410 or ELAN 4460/6460 or ELAN 4470/6470.
Corequisite: ELAN 4462/6462.
Student teaching English in the public school setting under the supervision of faculty members.
Non-traditional format: Student teaching in public school setting.
Offered spring semester every year.
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ELAN 5540. Creating Learning Communities in the Languages Other Than English (LOTE) Classroom. 3 hours.
Oasis Title: CLC IN LOTE CLASSRM.
Prerequisite: Permission of department.
Corequisite: ELAN 4530 and ELAN 4531.
Explores the interconnections between language, learning, and culture and helps students develop the skills and knowledge needed for building effective classroom communities of learners of additional languages.
Offered fall semester every year.
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ELAN 5550. Field Based Practicum in Foreign Language Education, Grades P-12. 3 hours.
Oasis Title: FIELD PRACT IN FL.
Prerequisite: ELAN 4530 and ELAN 4531 and permission of department.
Corequisite: ELAN 5560.
Provides orientation to foreign language education in public school settings through class discussions, and on-site observations and experiences.
Non-traditional format: Field-based experience in public school foreign language classrooms (five-ten hours per week).
Offered spring semester every year.
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ELAN 5555. Supervised Foreign Language Internship. 3-12 hours.
Oasis Title: FL INTERNSHIP.
Prerequisite: ELAN 4530 and ELAN 4531 and permission of department.
Supervised foreign language internship in a public school for teachers employed with a provisional certificate.
Non-traditional format: Supervised teaching in public schools.
Offered spring semester every year.
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ELAN 5560. Student Teaching in Foreign Language Education, Grades P-12. 3-12 hours.
Oasis Title: STU TCH FOREIGN LAN.
Prerequisite: ELAN 4530 and ELAN 4531 and permission of department.
Corequisite: ELAN 5550.
Student teaching in a public school under supervision of a faculty member.
Non-traditional format: Student teaching in public school setting.
Offered spring semester every year.
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ELAN 5630/7630. ESOL, Grades P-12. 3 hours.
Oasis Title: ESOL GRADES P-12.
Foundations of second language learning, curricular and materials design, and methods of teaching non-native speakers of English in primary through secondary school settings.
Offered fall semester every year.
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ELAN 5730/7730. First and Second Language Acquisition and Development. 3 hours.
Oasis Title: L1 & L2 ACQ & DEVEL.
Native and second language acquisition processes, with attention to regional, social, and functional variation in language and contrasts between English and other selected languages.
Offered fall and summer semesters every year.
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ELAN 6100. Language Arts, Grades P-5. 3 hours.
Oasis Title: LANG ARTS GRADE P-5.
Research and theory on oral and written language acquisition, development, and variation and the implications for classroom practices. Whole language instructional techniques for the development of written and oral language.
Offered summer semester every year.
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ELAN 6310. Survey of Children's Literature, Grades P-8. 3 hours.
Oasis Title: SURVEY OF CHILD LIT.
Prerequisite: Permission of department.
Literature appropriate for children, preschool through middle school.
Offered every year.
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ELAN 6631. Bilingualism and Bilingual Education. 3 hours.
Oasis Title: BILINGUAL EDUCATION.
Current theories and research on bilingualism and bilingual education.
Offered every year.
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ELAN 7000. Master's Research. 1-6 hours. Repeatable for maximum 24 hours credit.
Oasis Title: MASTER'S RESEARCH.
Prerequisite: Permission of department.
Research while enrolled for a master's degree under the direction of faculty members.
Non-traditional format: Independent research under the direction of a faculty member.
Offered fall, spring, and summer semesters every year.
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ELAN 7016. Folk Literature, Grades P-12. 3 hours.
Oasis Title: FOLK LITERATURE.
Genres of folk literature, their relationship to formal literature, and their role in contemporary society. A study of culture through folklore.
Offered spring semester every year.
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ELAN 7070. Research Methods in Language Education. 1-6 hours. Repeatable for maximum 6 hours credit.
Oasis Title: RSCH METH LANG ED.
Research methods appropriate for studying language teaching and learning.
Not offered on a regular basis.
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ELAN 7300. Master's Thesis. 1-6 hours. Repeatable for maximum 24 hours credit.
Oasis Title: MASTER'S THESIS.
Prerequisite: Permission of department.
Thesis writing under the direction of the major professor.
Non-traditional format: Independent research and thesis preparation.
Offered fall, spring, and summer semesters every year.
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ELAN 7310. Children's Literature in the Curriculum, Grades P-8. 3 hours.
Oasis Title: CHILD LIT IN CURRIC.
Prerequisite: Permission of department.
Role of children's literature in the curriculum, including principles and techniques in selection of books and implementation of literature-based curriculum.
Offered fall and summer semesters every year.
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ELAN 7320. Writing Pedagogy, Grades P-8. 3 hours.
Oasis Title: WRITING PEDAGOGY.
Strategies for building literate classroom communities based on current theory and research.
Not offered on a regular basis.
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ELAN 7330. Storytelling and the Oral Tradition, Grades P-8. 3 hours.
Oasis Title: STORYTELLING.
Prerequisite: ELAN 3110 or ELAN 5210 or ELAN 6310.
The role of storyteller in preliterate and literate cultures, and practice in the arts of poetic recitation, choral reading, and storytelling as they relate to the primary and middle school grades.
Offered summer semester every year.
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ELAN 7400. Current Issues in English Education, Grades 7-12. 3 hours.
Oasis Title: CURR ISSUES ENGL ED.
Based on their own experiences in schools, students will identify issues of language and literacy that present challenges and potential in an increasingly diverse culture.
Offered fall semester every year.
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ELAN 7408. Capstone Seminar in English Education, Grades 7-12. 3 hours.
Oasis Title: CAPSTONE SEM ENG ED.
Prerequisite: ELAN 7400.
Critical issues in the teaching of English based on student input as teachers.
Offered summer semester every year.
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ELAN 7410. Guided Reading of Young Adults, Grades 7-12. 3 hours.
Oasis Title: GUID READ YNG ADULT.
The needs and concerns of young adults as readers of imaginative literature and theoretical foundations of a successful program for literature instruction.
Offered summer semester every year.
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ELAN 7420. Writing and Literacies in English Education, Grades 7-12. 3 hours.
Oasis Title: WRIT & LIT ENGL ED.
Prerequisite: ELAN 7400.
Theoretical implications of traditional, critical, and deconstructive pedagogies of writing and their usefulness in the classroom.
Offered spring semester every year.
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ELAN 7430. Language and Learning in English Education, Grades 7-12. 3 hours.
Oasis Title: LANG/LEARN ENGL ED.
Prerequisite: ELAN 7400.
Linguistic diversity, the varieties of English, English as a second language, and exploring the power of language as a cultural and political tool.
Offered summer semester every year.
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ELAN 7500. Curriculum Planning in Foreign Language Education, Grades P-12. 3 hours.
Oasis Title: CUR PLN FOREIGN LAN.
Prerequisite: Permission of department.
Historical, philosophical, and sociological bases for curriculum planning in foreign languages; survey of current trends in design and content.
Offered spring semester every year.
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ELAN 7600. Reading and Writing in a Non-Native Language. 3 hours.
Oasis Title: READ/WRITE IN L2.
Linguistic, cognitive, and social dimensions of reading and writing in a non-native language.
Offered every year.
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ELAN 7650. Applied Project in Language Education. 3 hours. Repeatable for maximum 6 hours credit.
Oasis Title: APPL PROJ LANG ED.
Prerequisite: Permission of department.
Intensive study of a selected topic through library research and/or collection of original data.
Non-traditional format: Students will meet with faculty members on a regular basis.
Offered fall, spring, and summer semesters every year.
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ELAN 7700. Creating Literate Communities, Grades 7-12. 3 hours.
Oasis Title: LITERAT COMMUNITIES.
Prerequisite: ELAN 7400.
How literate communities develop, how group members talk about texts, and how they negotiate roles within groups of readers.
Offered spring semester every year.
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ELAN 7731. Advanced Topics in First and Second Language Acquisition. 3 hours.
Oasis Title: ADV TOP L1 & L2 ACQ.
Research and theories on first and second language acquisition and development.
Offered every year.
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ELAN 7732. Classroom Discourse. 3 hours.
Oasis Title: CLASSROOM DISCOURSE.
Current theories and research on the pedagogical role of discourse in classrooms.
Offered every year.
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ELAN 7768. International Graduate Internship I. 1-3 hours. Repeatable for maximum 9 hours credit.
Oasis Title: INTL GRAD INTERN I.
Prerequisite: Score of 44 or below on the SPEAK test or Test of Spoken English.
Provides international graduate teaching assistants with knowledge of pedagogical approaches and available support systems. The course focuses on cultural aspects of teaching and English language for the classroom with particular attention to pronunciation, stress, and intonation patterns.
Non-traditional format: Students meet with faculty members on a regular basis.
Offered fall and spring semesters every year.
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ELAN 7769. International Graduate Internship II. 1-3 hours. Repeatable for maximum 9 hours credit.
Oasis Title: INTL GRAD INTERN II.
Prerequisite: Score of 45 or above on the SPEAK test or Test of Spoken English.
Provides international graduate teaching assistants with knowledge of pedagogical approaches and available support systems. The course focuses on English language for the classroom and cultural aspects of teaching with emphasis on presentation skills and audience awareness.
Non-traditional format: Students meet with faculty members on a regular basis.
Offered fall and spring semesters every year.
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ELAN 8000. Doctoral Seminar in Language Education. 1-6 hours. Repeatable for maximum 6 hours credit.
Oasis Title: DOCT SEMINAR ELAN.
Prerequisite: Permission of department.
Critiques of published research and reports of original research conducted by faculty members and doctoral students.
Offered fall semester every year.
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ELAN 8010. Theory and Research in Response to Literature, Grades P-12. 3 hours.
Oasis Title: RESPONSE TO LIT.
Prerequisite: ELAN 7310 or ELAN 7410.
Theories of Rosenblatt, Iser, Bakhtin, and others. Research in how readers create meaning from literature in elementary, secondary, and college classrooms.
Offered fall semester every odd-numbered year.
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ELAN 8020. Research Seminar on Composing Processes. 3 hours.
Oasis Title: RSCH SEM COMP PROC.
Research on the composing processes, including developmental rhetoric, speaking and writing relationships, thought processes involved in composing, qualitative research methodology, and implications of research for curriculum and instruction in writing.
Not offered on a regular basis.
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ELAN 8030. Discourse Analysis and Language Learning. 3 hours.
Oasis Title: DISCOURSE ANALYSIS.
Recent research and theories on the pedagogical role of discourse in first and second language classrooms.
Offered every year.
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ELAN 8032. Seminar on Thought and Language. 3 hours.
Oasis Title: SEM THOUGHT & LANG.
Theories of the relation between thought and language, with emphasis on the works of Vygotsky and educational theorists and researchers working from a Vygotskian frame. Explores pedagogical implications for literacy, literature, and language learning.
Not offered on a regular basis.
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ELAN 8040. Languages, Cultures, and Literacies. 3 hours.
Oasis Title: LANGUAGE CULT & LIT.
Theory and research on literacy and its relationship to culture, social process, and identity.
Offered every year.
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ELAN 8310. Race, Class, and Gender in Literature for Young People. 3 hours.
Oasis Title: RACE CLASS GEND LIT.
Prerequisite: ELAN 6310 or ELAN 7310 or permission of department.
Historical evolution of representations of women and racial minorities in children's literature. Theory and research exploring the relation between children's literature and changing sociocultural and political values and ideologies provide the framework for the course. The relation between sociocultural and political values and more traditional aesthetic considerations.
Offered spring semester every even-numbered year.
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ELAN 8400. Assessment and Evaluation in Language Education. 3 hours.
Oasis Title: ASSESS/EVAL LANG ED.
Philosophical stances underlying various purposes and practices for assessing and evaluating student and teacher performance and progress in secondary language arts programs. Examines issues from a historical perspective.
Not offered on a regular basis.
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ELAN 8410. Seminar in Literature Curriculum, Grades 7-12. 3 hours.
Oasis Title: SEM IN LIT CURRIC.
Recent trends in literature curriculum development in secondary schools; critical examination of issues related to literature curriculum development with special attention to theories of reading and of young adult literature.
Offered every year.
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ELAN(ERSH) 8550. Writing Up Qualitative Research. 3 hours. Repeatable for maximum 6 hours credit.
Oasis Title: WRITING QUAL RSCH.
Prerequisite: ERSH 8410 or permission of department.
Theoretical, ethical, and practical issues involved in transforming qualitative data into a written research report. Students, both in dissertation and pre-dissertation, will write representations of data they have already collected.
Not offered on a regular basis.
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ELAN 8600. Research on Second Language Acquisition. 3 hours.
Oasis Title: RSCH 2ND LANG ACQ.
Research and theories on the acquisition of other languages in classroom settings.
Offered every year.
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ELAN 8730. Advanced English Language Studies for Teachers. 3 hours.
Oasis Title: ADV ENG LANG STUD.
Scholarship in the teaching of English language; theory and research-based critiques of English language teaching methods and policies; classroom discourse studies; and language variation in educational settings.
Not offered on a regular basis.
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ELAN 9000. Doctoral Research. 1-12 hours. Repeatable for maximum 36 hours credit.
Oasis Title: DOCTORAL RESEARCH.
Prerequisite: Permission of department.
Research while enrolled for a doctoral degree under the direction of faculty members.
Non-traditional format: Independent research under the direction of a faculty member.
Offered fall, spring, and summer semesters every year.
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ELAN 9020. Independent Study in Language Education. 1-9 hours. Repeatable for maximum 9 hours credit.
Oasis Title: INDEP STUDY LANG ED.
Prerequisite: Permission of department.
Directed readings in research related to language teaching and learning.
Non-traditional format: Independent study.
Offered fall, spring, and summer semesters every year.
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ELAN 9040. Review of Research in Language Education. 1-9 hours. Repeatable for maximum 9 hours credit.
Oasis Title: REVIEW RSCH LANG ED.
Review of research on the theory and research of language and literacy.
Non-traditional format: Independent research.
Offered fall and spring semesters every year.
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ELAN 9060. Special Topics in Language Education. 1-9 hours. Repeatable for maximum 9 hours credit.
Oasis Title: SPECIAL TOPICS LANG.
Prerequisite: Permission of department.
Selected topics related to the theory and research of language and literacy.
Non-traditional format: Independent research.
Offered fall and spring semesters every year.
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ELAN 9080. Critique of Theory and Research in Language Education. 1-9 hours. Repeatable for maximum 9 hours credit.
Oasis Title: CRIT THRY/RSCH ELN.
Prerequisite: Permission of department.
Survey of research related to language teaching and learning.
Non-traditional format: Independent research under the direction of faculty members.
Offered fall, spring, and summer semesters every year.
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ELAN 9100. Doctoral Examinations and Prospectus Preparation. 1-12 hours. Repeatable for maximum 36 hours credit.
Oasis Title: EXAMS/PROSPECT PREP.
Written and oral comprehensive examinations and development of dissertation prospectus.
Non-traditional format: Doctoral exams and prospectus preparation.
Offered fall and spring semesters every year.
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ELAN 9300. Doctoral Dissertation. 1-12 hours. Repeatable for maximum 48 hours credit.
Oasis Title: DOCT DISSERTATION.
Prerequisite: Permission of department.
Dissertation writing under the direction of the major professor.
Non-traditional format: Independent research and preparation of the doctoral dissertation.
Offered fall, spring, and summer semesters every year.
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