• You increase your marketability as this Minor
• Responds to fulfilling the increasing need in the US for people trained to work with new learners in English.
• Matches the standards for the Indiana license in English as a New Language.
• Invites you to be trained in TESOL, even if you do not seek a career in public education.

OUR OFFER: Teaching TESOL Anywhere in the World

Requirements:

ENG/MODL 350 TESOL 3 sh

ENG/MODL 352 TESOL Practicum 3 sh

ENG/MODL 354 Second Language Acquisition 3 sh

*Intermediate French, German, Spanish 6 sh

*One 300- or 400-level course in French, German, Spanish 3 sh

One course from: 3 sh

Eng 310 Structure of the English Language

Eng 311 History of the English Language

One elective from: 3 sh

Comm 256 Intercultural Communication

Eng 310 or 311 (whichever was not taken from above)

Eng 238 World Literature

Soc 228 Racial, Ethnic and Gender Group Relations

Econ 320 Economics of Race, Gender, and Class

Hist 227 Race and Ethnicity in American History
 

Total: 24 sh
 

* International students will be exempt from these requirements if their native language is not English. Students who have not completed one semester of study abroad may substitute (upon approval of the program coordinator) an appropriate course form their study abroad if their non-English academic experience is substantial.
 

Course Descriptions:

ENG/MODL 350: TESOL. TEACHING ENGLISH TO SPEAKERS OF OTHER LANGUAGES

Instruction and practice in the theory, techniques, and skills of teaching English to speakers of other languages. Observing ESL and foreign language classes, tutoring international students, diagnosing language acquisition problems, planning lessons and curricula, evaluating ESL texts, and doing related research. Prerequisite: ENG 310 or ENG 311, or a modern language course at the 300 level, or permission of instructor. Fall. Summer I.
 

ENG/MODL 352: PRACTICUM IN TEACHING ENGLISH TO SPEAKERS OF OTHER LANGUAGES

Supervised experience in teaching English to speakers of other languages. Students will apply the theories and techniques of second-language acquisition which were covered in ENG/MODL 350. Practicum may be done anywhere in the world. Prerequisite: ENG/MODL 350
 

ENG/MODL 354: SECOND LANGUAGE ACQUISITION

Course explores how people learn language and what methodologies respond to different linguistic needs and learning styes. Topics include: theories of language learning, diagnosis of language problems, assessment techniques, pedagogies appropriate to second language acquisition, relationship of culture to language development. Prerequisite: intermediate proficiency in a second language. Fall.