Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) (0416)
- Graduate
- Arts & Letters
- English
Overview
The TESOL Graduate Certificate is intended for individuals who want to teach in institutes, either domestically or abroad. The Certificate requires a minimum of 16 hours consisting of
Program Admission
- B.A. or equivalent
- 3.0 undergraduate or graduate GPA, or a GAP score of 2200, with minimum of 3.5 on analytical writing portion of GRE
- *GAP=(GRE-V+GRE-Q) +(GPAx100);
- Students who are accepted into the Teaching ESL Graduate Endorsement program must also apply to the TESOL graduate certificate
Program Requirements (13-18 hours)
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Required Courses | ||
| ENG 407G | Linguistic Analysis | 3 |
| ENG 408G | Psycholinguistics and Sociolinguistics | 3 |
| ENG 565 | Integrated Teaching English as a Second Language | 3 |
| ENG 566 | Seminar in Teaching English as a Second Language | 3 |
| ENG 471G | TESL Practicum * | 4-6 |
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Students dually-enrolled in this certificate and the MAT-TESOL must take EDU 589, 6 credit hours, in lieu of 471G. In-service teachers participating in district-endorsed Grow-Your-Own programs will take ENG 578 in lieu of ENG 471G; however, for MAE-TESOL students or for endorsement students outside of approved Grow-Your-Own cohorts, ENG 578 is not equivalent to ENG 471G and does not replace the 4-hour practicum.
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This program is exempt from the maximum of 12 hours denoted in the Duplication of Coursework policy. All concentration hours may be duplicated on one additional graduate degree or certificate at the same level.
Student teacher work sample, i.e., portfolio, is required for final assessment.