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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

With the world’s growing demand for individuals who speak English, the need for people who can teach the English language has grown rapidly over the past few decades. The Teaching English as a Second/Foreign Language certificate provides a broad background in the field, in particular linguistics, language teaching methodologies and language acquisition and use.

TEACHING ENGLISH AS A SECOND/FOREIGN LANGUAGE CERTIFICATE REQUIREMENTS (18 credits)
Course Title Credits
ENG 63001 Methodology  of Teaching English as a Second Language 3
ENG 63033 Theories in Second Language Acquisition 3
ENG 63041 Descriptive Grammar of English 3
ENG 63391 Seminar: Linguistics 3
Choose from the following: 6
ENG 63034 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 63046 Second Language Listening and Speaking (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)  
TOTAL 18

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