Students who are pursuing elementary or secondary certification, or who already hold a valid teaching certificate, may take a series of courses leading to Illinois and/or Missouri ESL (English as a Second Language) teaching approval. All the courses meet once a week at night, and can be taken for undergraduate or graduate credit (except ENG 542, which is for graduate credit only). These courses are:

The above courses meet the state requirements as outlined in the tables below.

ISBE Requirements: ESL Approval	Missouri Requirements: ESL Approval	SIUE Courses
Linguistics	Linguistics and English linguistics	ENG 400 Principles of Linguistics ENG 409 Syntactic Analysis
Theoretical foundations of teaching ESL	Second Language Acquisition	ENG 468 Second Language Acquisition
Assessment of the bilingual student	Assessment of Speakers of Other Languages	ENG 472 Assessment and Testing in ESL
Methods and materials for teaching ESL	Methods of Teaching 2nd Language Students; Material for TESOL	ENG 470 Methods and Materials for K-12 Teaching
Cross-cultural studies for teaching limited-English-proficient students	Language and Culture or Sociolinguistics	ENG 416 Language and Culture
Teaching Experience (if needed by student)	ESOL Practicum	ENG 476 Practicum in ESL

ISBE Requirements: Bilingual Approval		SIUE Courses
Foundations of bilingual education		ENG 474 Bilingualism and Bilingual Education ENG 468 Second Language Acquisition
Assessment of bilingual students		ENG 472 Assessment and Testing in ESL ENG 474 Bilingualism and Bilingual Education
Methods and materials for teaching limited-English-proficient students in bilingual programs		ENG 470 Methods and Materials for K-12 ESL Teaching ENG 474 Bilingualism and Bilingual Education
Cross-cultural studies for teaching limited-English-proficient students		ENG 416 Language and Culture
Teaching Experience (if needed by student)		ENG 476 Practicum in ESL
Methods and materials for teaching English as a second language		ENG 542 Methods for teaching ESL