Cultural Component of Bilingual and ESL Instruction

To register for this course, visit NAU Online.

If you have already registered and this is your first time in the course, you should:

1. Make sure you meet the technical requirements listed on the help page and get the required plug-ins.
2. Make sure you have a required NAU DANA account.
3. Read Get Started to learn how the course will be delivered.
4. Look at the overview of the course.
5. Read the syllabus.

The majority of the coursework can be found within "the class." You can also communicate with others in the course, view additional resources from Cline Library, or get technical help.

TEXTBOOK INFORMATION: You can order the textbooks for this course through the internet.

You can order the books ONLINE at amazon.com. Click on the link below to go to the online Amazon.com bookstore. To find the textbook, type in the title, e.g., "Multicultural Education in a Pluralistic Society",or "Ishmael" or "Always Running" in the search box. Click "Go" and you will be taken the page for our textbook.

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Modules

Cultural Component of Bilingual and ESL Instruction is divided into seven modules. To complete the course successfully, complete the modules in the order shown below:

1. Introduction, and What is Culture?
2. The Multicultural Classroom
3. Language and Culture
4. Second Language Acquisition Theory and Practice
5. Cultural Foundations in Bilingual/Multicultural Classrooms
6. Culture as Communication
7. Youth Gangs in the Schools