Required Credit Hours/Tuition and Fees
- 30
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Curriculum
The specialization in teaching English as a second language requires 30 hours of coursework. During a student’s program, the student must complete three credits of TESL practicum (ENG 545), beginning in the first or second semester. To complete this specialization, the student, in consultation with the TESL advisor, may elect a thesis or take ENG 595. Enrolling in 595 is recommended for students with no previous or current TESL experience.
Students taking 595 to complete their exit requirements are required to complete three electives from the following list, and students electing the thesis option must complete two electives. For all students, at least two of the electives must be at the 500-level.
Required courses (18 hours):
ENG 400: Principles of Linguistics
ENG 416: Language and Society
ENG 468: Second Language Acquisition
ENG 541: Graduate Research Methods
ENG 542: Methods for Teaching English as a Second Language
ENG 545: TESL Practicum
Electives (6-9 hours):
ENG 403: History of the English Language
ENG 405: Pragmatics
ENG 408: Phonological Analysis
ENG 409: Syntactic Analysis
ENG 417: Language and Ethnicity
ENG 470: Methods and Materials for K-12 ESL Teaching
ENG 472: Assessment and Testing in ESL
ENG 474: Bilingualism and Bilingual Education
ENG 540: Seminar in Second Language Acquisition
ENG 543: Grammar Pedagogy
ENG 544: Reading and Writing Pedagogy in TESL
ENG 597: Readings in English Studies
Final Course or Thesis (three to six hours): ENG 595: Professional Development Seminar in TESL (3) or ENG 599: Thesis (6).
Students who hold a valid teaching certificate may take a series of courses leading to Illinois and/or Missouri ESL teaching approval. These courses are ENG 400, 409, 416, 468, 470, 472, 476. Students interested in this specialization should contact the ESL Approval advisor.
