ELI 390/RCSSCI 390/EDUC 390/LING 386 (Spring/Summer)

Community Service and Language, Education

1-3 credits 

Spring/Summer

The overall theme of this service-learning course is "Language and Community," with three modules:

  1. What:  Understanding the community context (assisting in your ESL site placement as a service-learner)
  2. How -  Community-building through communicative language teaching (ESL teaching methods and techniques)
  3. Special Issues -  Exploring language learning issues that have arisen in placements in more detail

A service-learning approach enables students to prepare for and reflect on their experiential practice in a local ESL classroom or tutoring program, and offers a service learning experience for undergraduates in the multilingual, multicultural context of the migrant population. The course varies in terms of the content and target population.

Subjects Covered
  • The Alphabet and English Pronunciation
  • Numbers
  • Self-Introductions, Family and Personal Information (Forms)
  • Telephoning
  • Colors, Clothing & Shopping
  • Grocery Shopping
  • Banking and Savings
  • Health: The Body, Sickness, & Injuries
  • Driving a Car
  • Pesticide training and medical interpreting will be carried bilingually as needed