2019-20 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
    Mar 28, 2024  
2019-20 Undergraduate Catalog [Archived Catalog]

Teaching English as a Second Language – Non-Certification [ESL_NCRT]


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Students develop the content area knowledge and the pedagogical background necessary to teach English as a Second Language in the private sector. For additional information, visit the Modern Languages Department .

Student Learning Outcomes

Upon successful completion of this program, students will be able to:

  1. Use knowledge of language as a system to analyze samples of learner language.
  2. Apply theories and research on second language acquisition and on the nature and role of culture to plan and deliver ESL instruction.
  3. Use research-based practices, strategies, and techniques to plan effective standards-based ESL and content instruction.
  4. Select, adapt, and use a wide range of developmentally appropriate, culturally sensitive materials to plan and deliver differentiated ESL and content instruction, as well as design and use a variety of performance-based classroom assessment tools and techniques to measure student learning and to inform instruction.

Career Potential

  • ENL (English as a New Language) instructor in the private sector or overseas

Requirements

  1. Degree Requirements listed here  apply to the following major.
  2. Liberal Arts Requirements: 90 credit hours

B. Professional Education: 3 credit hours


Total Credit Hours Required for Graduation: 120


Example of the B.A. in Teaching English as a Second Language over four years


 Link to General Education (GE ); Link to Foreign Language  

First Year Fall


Total credit hours for semester: 16-17


First Year Spring


Total credit hours for semester: 15-16


Second Year Fall


Total credit hours for semester: 15


Second Year Spring


Total credit hours for semester: 15


Total credit hours for semester: 15


Total credit hours for semester: 15


Total credit hours for semester: 15


Fourth Year Spring


Elective (2 cr. hr.)
Elective (3 cr. hr.)
Elective (3 cr. hr.)
Elective (3 cr. hr.)
Elective (3 cr. hr.)

Total credit hours for semester: 14


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