TESOL Concentration

ENGL 461 - TELL I Methods, Materials, and Collaboration

This course offers participants and preservice/inservice teachers a foundation for successful instruction of English learners via a focus on the domains of methods and principles of instruction, materials development, and collaboration.

ENGL 360 - Studies in English Language and Linguistics

An introduction to the structural and social aspects of human language. Topics essential to prospective teachers are first and second language acquisition, usage, dialects, phonology, and syntax.

ENGL 463 - TELL III, Assessment, Collaboration, and Advocacy

This course offers participants and preservice/inservice teachers a foundation for successful instruction of English learners via a focus on the domains of language assessment, collaboration, and advocacy.

ENGL 467 - TELL II, Second Language Acquisition, Culture, and Professional Knowledge

This course offers participants and preservice/inservice teachers a foundation for successful instruction of English learners via a focus on the domains of second language acquisition (SLA), culture, and professional knowledge and growth.

ENGL 469 - PRACTICUM

This course functions as a forum to pair in in-school field placement in a U.S.-based P-12 English as a Second Language (ESL) classroom or community ESL-related service, with the learning of successful educational practices and models in contemporary ESL/EFL education. Through in-class discussions and tasks, coupled with the field placement, the course creates a significant opportunity for students to reflect on and make connections between the knowledge and skills they have acquired during various components of the TESOL program, as well as the course content.