ESL Core Requirements (27 credits; 36 credits for M.Ed.)

Prerequisite: six credits in a modern foreign language

This program is designed to enhance the skills of the classroom practitioner in meeting the needs of nonnative speakers of English. The program also leads to a graduate certificate in TESL.

Required Courses (18 credits)

EDCI 515 Language and Literacy Across the Curriculum (3 credits)
TESL 500 Introduction to English Linguistics (3 credits)
TESL 511A Applied Linguistics: Grammar and Meaning (3 credits)
TESL 512 Second Language Acquisition (3 credits)
TESL 514 Cross-Cultural Education (3 credits)
TESL 530 Second Language Teaching Methods (3 credits)

Elective Courses (9 credits from the following, or related courses with advisor approval)

TESL 502A Sociolinguistics and Cross-Cultural Communication (3 credits)
TESL 510 Applied English Phonetics and Phonology (3 credits)
TESL 513 Special Studies in Linguistics and Language Learning (3 credits)

Note: A Graduate Certificate in Teaching English as a Second Language is also offered. Information is available in the Education Certificates section.