Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages - California State University - Fullerton

Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages from California State University - Fullerton is a Campus Certificate Teaching degree that prepares you for a Education career. In cooperation with the Department of English and Linguistics Programs, the Department of Modern Languages and Literatures offers a Certificate for Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL). The program consists of 24 units. In order to participate in the program, students must declare the TESOL Certificate along with their degree objective. Admission Requirements 1. A baccalaureate degree from an accredited institution. 2. A grade-point average of at least 2.5 in the last 60 semester units attempted and a 3.0 grade-point average in the major. 3. Good standing at the last college attended. 4. At least two years of one foreign language or one year each of two different foreign languages or the equivalent with an average 3.0 GPA. This requirement will normally be waived for students from foreign countries who have studied English as a foreign language . 5. Modern Language 301 with a grade of ?B minus? (2.7) or better, or with program approval, the EWP with a score of 6 or better. 6. English 303 with a grade of ?B minus? (2.7) or better. 7. Oral and written proficiency in English to be verified during the student's first semester in the program. A minimum TOEFL score of 573 for paper-based, 230 for computer-based, or 89 for the iBT, and a minimum score of 50 on the Test of Spoken English or 26 in the speaking section of the iBT (to be verified no later than at the end of the student's first semester in the program) are required for non-native English speaking applicants who completed their bachelor's degrees outside of the U.S.in a language other than English. TESOL 400 Fundamentals in TESOL (3) *TESOL 509 Advanced Principles of TESOL: Listening/Speaking Focus (3) *TESOL 510 Advanced Principles of TESOL: Reading/Writing Focus (3) TESOL 527 Second Language Acquisition (3) Language Pedagogy (3 units) *TESOL 515 Pedagogical Grammar in TESOL (3) OR *TESOL 520 Teaching Pronunciation and Oral Discourse in TESOL (3) OR TESOL 525 Teaching Vocabulary in ESL/EFL Classroom (3) *In at least one of these courses each student will complete 20 hours of service learning at one of the sites approved by the TESOL Program. Electives (6 units) Students select six units from the list of courses provided below. Culture and Literature: Anthropology 412, 470 Chicana/o Studies 450, 480 Human Communication 420, 422, 522 Reading 560 TESOL 511 TESOL 545 400- and 500-level adviser-approved American Studies courses 400- and 500-level adviser-approved English or American literature course Language and Linguistics Anthropology 416 French/German/Japanese/Spanish 466 Japanese/Spanish 468 Linguistics 406, 412, 417, 442, 505, 507, 508 Reading 514 TESOL 515, 520 or 525, if not taken as a language pedagogy course. Testing, Technology and Research Anthropology 401 Ed El 518A,B, 519, 522, 551, 590 Linguistics 501 Psychology 461, 465 Reading 516, 520 TESOL 530 TESOL 532 Professional Education Elementary Ed El 434, 500, 521, 528, 529, 530, 531, 536, 541, 542, 552, 553 Reading 508 Secondary Ed Sec 410, 540, 550 Foreign Language Education 442 Adult/College English 402, 402S, 590 Reading 507, 581 Culminating Experience (3 units) TESOL 596 TESOL Practicum (3) The practicum is to be taken at the end of the program. Students must consult with an adviser the semester before the practicum. Prerequisites are TESL 400, 509, 510 and 527. The core and language pedagogy courses must be completed with an average of ?B minus? (2.7) or better in order for students to enroll in the practicum. View more details on California State University - Fullerton, CA . Ask your questions and apply online for this program or find other related Teaching courses.