University of Nebraska at Kearney
1998-2000 Undergraduate CATALOG

Offered by Department of Modern Languages:

Supplemental Teaching Endorsement in Bilingual Education

Minimum required for endorsement = 47

The goal of transitional bilingual education is to prepare children for life in the English-speaking mainstream while providing instruction in basic reading, arithmetic and other coursework in their native language in the early grades.

The bilingual teacher develops the following competencies:

1. An understanding of English as a language among other languages;

2. An understanding of the target population's language;

3. Cultural understanding and a sensitivity to the target population's culture and an awareness of those elements which are determined arbitrarily and culturally in the American society;

4. Competency in the methodologies, curricula, research, and the learning activities for successful bilingual teaching.

This supplemental endorsement is administered jointly by the Colleges of Fine Arts and Humanities (Modern Languages) and Education. It is available to students majoring in Elementary Education or Special Education.

A. Language Proficiency for the target population

(to be determined by proficiency examination or advanced coursework in a foreign language)

B. Required courses in cultural background

Take 9 hours from:

SOC 250GS, Anthropology - 3 hours

SPAN 475/476, Spanish Study Abroad IV - 6 hours (Prereq: a 300 level Spanish course)

C. Required courses in linguistics

Take 6 hours from:

ENG 304, Grammar I - 3 hours

SPAN 408, Comparative Grammar - 3 hours

D. Approved Bilingual Methodological courses

Take 6 hours from:

FORL 470, TESOL I - 3 hours

FORL 472, Methods of Teaching Foreign Languages - 3 hours

Take 9 hours from:

The following three courses are usually taken in a Spanish-speaking country under the auspices of the University of Nebraska at Kearney International Studies Program.

Teaching of Reading (bilingual) - 3 hours

Teaching of Mathematics (bilingual) - 3 hours

Teaching of Science (bilingual) - 3 hours

E. Approved Field Experience in a Bilingual Setting - 17 hours

PTE 390L, Pre-Student Teaching Field Experience - 1 hour

PTE 390S, Pre-Student Teaching Field Experience - 1 hour (Prereq: PTE 290 and concurrently with PTE 300)

PTE 400, Supervised Student Teaching (assigned in bilingual classroom) - 15 hours