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Multiliteracies for Diverse Literacy Learners
Course Title: ELMG 593 Multiliteracies for Diverse Literacy Learners
Course Instructor: Dr. Marylou Matoush Email: Matoush@email.wcu.edu
Course Description: This two week workshop-style course is designed to provide teachers of any level the opportunity to examine the potential for developing communicative skills among diverse students in a globalized world dominated by commercialized popular culture, array of multimedia texts, and emerging technologies. Participants will explore and develop practical techniques for enhancing verbal, visual, audio, gestural, and/or spatial communicative skills in ways that are directly applicable to each participant’s current teaching assignment, curricular interests, technological skills, and available resources. This course meets literacy requirements for a graduate degree. NOTE: The use of a laptop, if available, may enhance the workshop experience.
Course schedule: June 1 – June 22. Workshop meetings 5:00-8:45 MTWTF in Ashville.
Course Instructor: Dr. Marylou Matoush Email: Matoush@email.wcu.edu
Course Description: This two week workshop-style course is designed to provide teachers of any level the opportunity to examine the potential for developing communicative skills among diverse students in a globalized world dominated by commercialized popular culture, array of multimedia texts, and emerging technologies. Participants will explore and develop practical techniques for enhancing verbal, visual, audio, gestural, and/or spatial communicative skills in ways that are directly applicable to each participant’s current teaching assignment, curricular interests, technological skills, and available resources. This course meets literacy requirements for a graduate degree. NOTE: The use of a laptop, if available, may enhance the workshop experience.
Course schedule: June 1 – June 22. Workshop meetings 5:00-8:45 MTWTF in Ashville.