ESOL Category 1 (Primary LA/English Teacher): Applied Linguistics
$400.00
Each of these 5 (60 hour) courses satisfy the Florida Department of Education’s ESOL training requirements for Category I (Primary Language Arts/ English) teachers who need 300 hours of ESOL. All 5 courses are required for ESOL Endorsement. This series of courses provides meaningful and authentic material, access to a variety of research-based best practices, mentoring by our state’s experts, and practical application for increased student performance.
Each ESOL endorsement course is 8 weeks long. The courses offer flexibility to work at your convenience during the 8 weeks, are completely online, and require no face-to-face meetings or specific dates/times required to be online.
ESOL Endorsement Courses can be taken in any order.
Applied Linguistics (60 hours) – Provides educators with the skills needed to acquire a deeper understanding of the structure of English from a modern day linguistic perspective. Enables the educator to analyze the structure of English to contrast with the language(s) of the target population in a given class. Participants learn how to adapt classroom instructional practices to meet the linguistic needs of their English language learners.
Applied Linguistics Registration Dates: 7/8/16 – 8/18/16 and Course Dates: 8/22/16 – 10/16/16