Language Acquisition - A - Cassia County

The Language Acquisition A course introduces several key topics related to supporting students in developing their academic language. Content is tied to principles and resources from SIOP, WIDA, the Go-To-Strategies for Language Learners, and many online sources. Coursework is 100% online via the Canvas platform. During the course, participants will explore learning materials, post on discussion boards, and plan (and execute) improvements to lesson plans for the benefit of students. This course is intended for any faculty and staff involved in student instruction. Administrators and paraprofessionals can also benefit from the course, but will need opportunities to work directly with students (either whole-class or small group) in order to successfully implement course content and perform course assignments. In 2025, course assignments were updated to remove redundancy and improve flexibility for participants. Also, additional resources, primarily from SIOP, were added to learning and resource pages.

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Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:

Become familiar with the characteristics, strengths, and needs of language learners and other students.
Identify specific details about learners in each educator's circle of influence, including students' assets and needs.
Create a plan to leverage individual student strengths and address the needs of individual students.
Identify classroom strategies to proactively and purposely develop student academic language in a content area.
Identify specific vocabulary words and definitions for instruction that are essential for instruction in a content area.
Make and execute a plan to use explicit vocabulary instruction in a live lesson in a classroom environment.
Explore methods and strategies used to allow or improve student interaction in the classroom.
Create or alter a lesson plan that increases opportunities for learners of any skill level to engage in meaningful interactions that increase understanding, expand vocabulary, and practice language in a non-threatening way.
Explore opportunities for adding visual comprehensible input to lesson design and instruction.
Identify different types of visual supports available in different contexts and for different purposes.

Identify opportunities for additional comprehensible input for one or more lessons.

Instructor: Michael Defilippis defmicha@cassiaschools.org

For more information, contact tmeyerhoeffer@csi.edu at CSI

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