EST 374 - Practicum in Foreign Language Education

[3 credit(s)]

Prerequisites: Prior application to the Office of Field Services is required; course prerequisites are listed on application; must be taken concurrently with EDC 312 and EDC 313. Structured field experience designed to prepare modern-language majors for student teaching; stresses the practical application of theory and research to the planning, delivery, and evaluation of instruction. Students explore the various roles of a teacher and begin formulating a personal philosophy for teaching while working four half-days per week in a school under the direction of a cooperating teacher and a university supervisor; includes seminar. Placement must be different than that received for EST 484 so that students gain both PreK-8 and 9-12 classroom experience. Required for multiage foreign language teaching license.

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