Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (M. Ed)

Explores the interrelationships of language and culture. Topics include linguistic and cultural diversity, cross-cultural communications, and cultural issues in the classroom, techniques for fostering cooperative learning, resolving conflicts, and meeting student needs in multicultural and language classrooms.

Provides a knowledge of materials and methods for teaching English to speakers of other languages.

Explores the details of teaching any one or a combination of the four component areas of TESOL: listening, speaking, reading, and writing. Topics include research about teaching these areas, systematic analysis of factors and guidelines in teaching each of the four skills, pronunciation, grammar, and vocabulary.

Examines curriculum, materials, and assessment tools currently used in professional teaching of English to speakers of other languages. Topics include research-based discussion and course design.

Explores grammar for ESL or FL Teachers. Topics include major morphosyntactic and semantic phenomena important for teaching ESL/EFL, practical and theoretical literature on teaching English grammar, practical exercises of grammar correction in writing with actual English Language Learners, classroom activities for teaching points of grammar.

Discusses issues related to ESL teaching situations in K-12 schools in the United States. Topics include making content accessible to ELLs through scaffolding and sheltering techniques; aligning formative and summative assessments for ELLs with non-language assessments; working with classroom teachers and administrators.

Provides students with clinical experience in which students are assigned to an ESL/EFL teaching experience for 40-45 hours per credit hour.