The TESL Certificate is offered to post-baccalaureate and post-masters students who are interested in developing professional knowledge and skills in the area of Teaching English as a Second/Foreign Language. The curriculum focuses on providing students with a broad background in the field, in particular linguistics, language teaching methodologies and language acquisition and use. The certificate can be taken by students seeking degrees or as a stand-alone certificate.
| CERTIFICATE REQUIREMENTS (18 credits) | |||
| Course | Title | Credits | |
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ENG |
63001 |
Methodology of Teaching English as a Second Language |
3 |
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63033 |
Second Language Acquisition |
3 |
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|
63041 |
Discriptive Grammar of English |
3 |
|
|
63098 |
Research in Second Language Pedagogy |
3 |
|
|
63391 |
Seminar: Linguistics |
3 |
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Choose from the following: |
3 |
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|
ENG |
63034 |
Literate Practices and Sociolinguistics (3) |
|
|
|
63037 |
Pragmatics of Conversation (3) |
|
|
|
63038 |
Teaching Literature and Culture (3) |
|
|
|
63039 |
Second Language Curriculum and Testing (3) |
|
|
|
63040 |
Linguistics for the Language Professions (3) |
|
|
|
63391 |
Seminar: Linguistics (different content from above) (3) |
|
|
|
68492 |
Practicum in Teaching International Students (3) |
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| TOTAL |
18
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