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Course Descriptionscomprehension, and to enable students to reproducein spontaneous speech grammatically correctLuiseño phrases.LUS 200: Intermediate Luiseno 1(Prerequisites: LUS 101/101A)(Co-requisite: LUS 200A)Designed for students who have already completedLUS 100(A) and LUS101(A). The preterit, imperfect,past frequentive tenses of regular and irregularverbs, and the formation of questions will be explicated.The first four oblique noun cases will be introducedand fully explained.LUS 200A Intermediate Luiseno 1 Lab(1.5 quarter units)(Prerequisites: LUS 101/101A)(Co-requisite: LUS 200)Taken concurrently with LUS 200, LUS 200A isdesigned to strengthen the students’ ability to comprehendspoken Luiseño. Intense practice will beprovided in auditory comprehension and oral proficiencyin the use of the past tenses, in the formationof questions, and in the oblique cases of nouns.LUS 201: Intermediate Luiseno 2(Prerequisites: LUS 200/LUS 200A)(Co-requisite: LUS 201A)Designed for students who have completed LUS100(A), LUS 101(A), and LUS 200(A). The futuretenses, the volitional and potential modes of verbs,and the remaining noun cases, the instrumental andconcomitant, and syntactical agreement betweenhead nouns and adjectives will be explained.LUS 201A: Intermediate Luiseno 2 Lab(1.5 quarter units)(Prerequisites: LUS 200/200A)(Co-requisite: LUS 201)Taken concurrently LUS 201, LUS 201A providesoral practice in the future tenses, the volitional andpotential modes of verbs, in syntactical agreementbetween head nouns and adjectives, and the remainingnoun cases, the instrumental and concomitant.LUS 300: Advanced Luiseno 1(Prerequisites: LUS 201/LUS 201A)(Co-requisite: LUS 300A)Designed for students who have completed LUS100(A), LUS 101(A), LUS 200(A), and LUS201(A).Students learn the irrealis, the formation of the comparativeand superlative, the formation of adverbsfrom adjectives, reduplication in verbs, suffixation ofmotion morphemes, the causative, and the use ofverbal participles.LUS 300A: Advanced Luiseno 1 Lab(1.5 quarter units)(Prerequisites: LUS 201/LUS 201A)(Co-requisite: LUS 300)Taken concurrently with LUS 300, LUS 300A providesoral practice in the irrealis, the formation ofthe comparative and superlative, the formation ofadverbs from adjectives, reduplication in verbs, suffixationof motion morphemes, the causative, andthe use of verbal participles.LUS 301: Advanced Luiseno 2(Prerequisites: LUS 300/300A)(Co-requisite: LUS 301A)Designed for students who have completed LUS 100through 300(A). Students learn the vocabulary tocommunicate in an elementary school, relative clauses,the formation of transitive/intransitive verbpairs, the derivation of verbs, nouns and adjectives,the formulation of abstract and compound nouns,and reflexive verbs.LUS 301A: Advanced Luiseno 2 Lab(1.5 quarter units)(Prerequisites: LUS 300 /300A)398(Co-requisite: LUS 301)Taken concurrently with LUS 301, LUS 301A providesoral practice in communicating in an elementaryschool, in the use relative clauses, the formationof transitive/intransitive verb pairs, the derivationof verbs, nouns and adjectives, the formulation ofabstract and compound nouns, and reflexive verbs.MAT – Master of Arts in TeachingMAT 640: Applications of ResearchThe purpose of MAT640 is to provide classroomeducators with practical knowledge and skillsrequired to understand, design, and write aboutresearch that is relevant to their lives as professionaleducators. Must be taken as the last course in theMAT program.MAT 640C: Action Res for the Read Spec(Prerequisites: Successful completion of MAT 645, MAT646, MAT 647A, and MAT 647B)Fifth course of the Reading Specialization coursesequence. Serves as an introductory educationalresearch course designed to provide knowledge,skills, and dispositions required for candidates tounderstand, interpret, and evaluate research completedin MAT 647B. Candidates prepare an ActionResearch Report and utilize library and computerskills to locate research.MAT 641: Education and Social PluralismExploration of the principles of multiculturalism.Examination of ways to evaluate curricular content,adapt instruction, interact with parents andguardians, and create a classroom environment thataccommodates the needs of learners in a culturallypluralistic society.MAT 642: Program DesignThis course examines the underlying principles thathave shaped outcome based learning; content basedstandards, accountability and need for educationreform. The course will emphasize evaluation ofschool programs, student assessment and programdesign using the California Coordinated ComplianceReview guidelines.MAT 643: Models of TeachingThis course explores how a variety of teaching modelsand learning theories are applied in instructionalcontexts. Specific application of some models andtheories will be discussed in class and presented instudent-designed curriculum projects.MAT 644: Foundations of CurriculumThis course surveys the field of curriculum with specificemphasis on foundations, principles and issuesfor public educators in a linguistically and culturallydiverse society. The course identifies variousapproaches to curriculum and the development,design, implementation and evaluation of curriculum.Application of curriculum approaches is providedthrough student-designed analyses of curriculum.MAT 645: Dev. Fluency in ReadingResearch-based analysis of English phonology, morphologyand orthography, with attention to teachingstudents to become proficient readers through recognizingsound-print relationships. Incorporates currentapproaches to phonemic awareness, explicitphonics instruction, recognition of high-frequencywords and spelling patterns for both English speakersand English language learners.MAT 646: Comprehension StrategiesAn investigation of meaning-making at both thelocal (discourse) and global (general knowledge)levels. Covers research-based models of discourseprocessing and representation construction.Introduces strategies to promote guided reading,independent reading and study skills in all contentareas, using the concepts of connecting backgroundexperience and applying self-monitoring strategies.MAT 647A: Lang Arts Assess and Instruc I(Prerequisites: MAT 645, MAT 646)Develops the ability to assess the strengths andneeds of students in reading, writing, and oracythrough multiple measures. Includes classroombasedformal and informal, group and individualassessment. Also emphasizes assessment-basedinstruction, particularly early intervention strategiesusing flexible grouping, small groups, and one-ononetutoring.MAT 647B: Fld St: Lan Art Assess & In II(Prerequisites: MAT645, MAT646 and MAT647A)This field-experience course is the fourth course ofthe Reading specialization course sequence. It servesto offer the candidate the opportunity to implementresearch-based theory, assessment, and instructionalstrategies with a diverse student population.Candidates must complete a field experience requiringassessment and instruction of students, includingnon-readers and English Language Learners.Candidates work with English Language Learnersand struggling readers at early and intermediate levelsin one-on-one, small group and whole class settings.The field experience component of this courseis a supervised application of theoretical concepts ina practical setting.MAT 650: Teaching English LearnersThe course focuses on and applies current theories,research, and strategies in language structure anduse, as well as in ESL teaching and learning. Factorssuch as social, political, cultural, legal, psychological,and pedagogical are addressed within the contextof elementary, middle and secondary schools.MAT 651: Assessing Educational LeadersDescription: Participating graduate students willcomplete a self-assessment and create a leadershipdevelopment and assessment system, based on theneeds of their professional responsibilities. Becauseof the requirements for self-assessment and thedevelopment of a learning plan, this should be thefirst course in program.MAT 652: Leadership AccountabilityDescription: Participating graduate students willlearn the principles of effective accountability anddevelop a comprehensive accountability plan appropriateto their professional responsibilities.MAT 653: Motivational LeadershipDescription: Participating graduate students willinvestigate prevailing research on morale and motivationand identify an action plan that is related totheir professional responsibilities.MAT 654: Seminar in Social IssuesParticipating graduate students will survey theresearch regarding demographic influences on studentachievement and create plans of action relevantto their professional responsibilities.MAT 655: Leadership Impact SeminarIn this capstone course, participating graduate studentswill apply their accumulated knowledge to aspecific challenge of student achievement and educationalequity related to their professional responsibilities.This is an individualize course that will beco-designed by the participating graduate studentand a faculty advisor.MAT 670: Theory Best Practice TeachingCovers theories and research on Best Practices ineducation. Best Practice research on effective schools