English Language Learning through Visual Arts Practices: A Curriculum for Conflict-affected Youth in Secondary Education

<p>This field project summarizes recent research in conflict and education, and presents an English language learner curriculum designed to address the current gap in quality education for conflict-affected youth. The curriculum contains six modules and develops English language literacy through student visual arts projects using text and images. The purpose of the curriculum is to familiarize students to the various confidence-building and coping mechanisms available in creative expression and to develop valuable visual and verbal language related life skills, therefore equipping students with tools to support successful futures.</p>

Name thesis:degree_name

Master of Arts in International and Multicultural Education (IME)

Level thesis:degree_level

Project/Capstone - Global access

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Teaching English as a Second Language

Year dc:date.available

2014

Author dc:creator

• lemper, jenny

Contributors dc:contributor

• Doreen Ewert
• Sedique Popal

• ESL
• EFL
• TESOL
• English literacy through art
• Visual Arts
• Conflict and Education
• Art Education
• Bilingual, Multilingual, and Multicultural Education
• Education
• English Language and Literature

Repository record dc:identifier

https://repository.usfca.edu/capstone/106

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:repository.usfca.edu:capstone-1109