Skip Navigation
*To search for student contact information, login to FlashLine and choose the "Directory" icon in the FlashLine masthead (blue bar).

Teaching English as a Second/Foreign Language (Post Master's) PDFDownload to print

College
College of Arts and Sciences
Department
Department of English

113 Satterfield Hall
Tel: 330-672-2676
E-mail: english@kent.edu
Web: www.kent.edu/english

This TESL Certificate is offered to 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.

 

TEACHING ENGLISH AS A SECOND/FOREIGN LANGUAGE CERTIFICATE REQUIREMENTS (18 credits)
Course Title Credits
ENG 6/73001 Methodology  of Teaching English as a Second Language 3
ENG 6/73033 Theories in Second Language Acquisition 3
ENG 63041 Descriptive Grammar of English 3
ENG 6/73391 Seminar: Linguistics 3
Choose from the following: 6
ENG 6/73034 Literate Practices and Sociolinguistics (3)  
ENG 63037 Pragmatics of Conversation (3)  
ENG 63038 Teaching Literature and Culture (3)  
ENG 63039 Second Language Curriculum and Testing (3)  
ENG 63040 Linguistics for the Language Professions (3)  
ENG 63043 Second Language Writing (3)  
ENG 63044 Second Language Reading (3)  
ENG 63045 English for Specific Purposes (3)  
ENG 63047 Heritage Languages and Second Language Learning (3)  
ENG 63098 Second Language Research Methods (3)  
ENG 63391 Seminar: Linguistics (different content from above) (3)  
ENG 68492 Practicum in Teaching International Students (3)  
MINIMUM TOTAL 18

 

 

 

Click here for gainful employment disclosure on this certificate.