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This online ELL Methods and Curriculum Development course developed by Pearson Teacher Education and Development offers instructors a rich online course built around assignments and activities, classroom videos, and readings. Weekly assignments are focused on essential course concepts and provide well-structured and effective learning activities. Once students complete these assignments they are given opportunities to discuss and reflect upon what they have learned. Students are then led tomeaningful weekly activities that require them to apply what they have learned. Available for most course management systems, this course is customizable and can easily accommodate and adapt to instructors' own resources and materials. Basic Course Components Course Documents Online Student Manual Course Syllabus Course Reading Assignments from Leading Texts Rubrics Online Resources Bloom's Taxonomy Lesson Plan Template Microsoft Tutorials Weekly Assignments Learning Objectives Learning Log Reading Assignments Viewing Activities Theory Into Practice Exercises Discussion Board Questions Synthesize/Apply/Reflect Exercises Assignment Guidelines Additional Resources ELL Methods and Curriculum Development Course Topics Introduction to English as a Second Language Fundamentals of Language Learning Language Acquisition ESL Methodologies and Instructional Practices Oral Language Instruction Reading Instruction Writing Instruction Content Area Instruction Assessment Books Aligned to the Course Diaz-Rico, L.T. (2008)Course for Teaching English Learners, A. Boston, MA: Allyn & Bacon. ISBN-10: 0205510507 <