Teaching English as a Second Language _?_ Non-Certification [ESL_NCRT] (Major)
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.
Career Potential
- ESL instructor in the private sector or overseas
Requirements
- Degree Requirements listed here apply to the following major.
- Liberal Arts Requirements: 90 credit hours
A. Required ESL Courses Content Core: 33 credit hours
First Year
Fall Total credit hours: 16-17
Fall Total credit hours: 15
Fall Total credit hours: 15
Fall Total credit hours: 15
- AED 437 - Methods of Teaching Second Languages in Middle/Junior and High Schools I (3 cr. hr.)
Must be taken concurrently with SPE 275. - AED 438 - Methods of Teaching Second Languages in Middle/Junior and High Schools II (3 cr. hr.)
(35 field experience hours) Must be taken concurrently with SPE 275. - ESL 300 - Theoretical Foundations of Teaching English as a Second Language (3 cr. hr.)
- ESL 301 - Methods of Teaching English as a Second Language (3 cr. hr.)
- ESL 302 - Applied Linguistics for Teachers of English as a Second Language (3 cr. hr.)
- ESL 303 - English Grammar for TESOL (3 cr. hr.)
- ESL 400 - Teaching Reading in the Second Language Classroom (3 cr. hr.)
- ESL 401 - Teaching Writing in the Second Language Classroom (3 cr. hr.)
- ESL 402 - Teaching English as a Second Language in the Content Area (3 cr. hr.)
(20 field experience hours) - ESL 403 - Second Language Testing and Assessment (3 cr. hr.)
- ESL 404 - ESL Literacy in the Elementary School (3 cr. hr.)
20 field experience hours)
- SPE 275 - Teaching Students with Disabilities in Adolescence Classrooms (3 cr. hr.)
Must be taken concurrently with AED 437 and AED 438.
Example of the B.A. in Teaching English as a Second Language over four years
First Year
Fall Total credit hours: 16-17
- Elective
- GE course
- GE course
- Foreign language
- COR 101 - The Cortland Experience: A First Year Seminar (1 cr. hr.)
- CPN 100 - Writing Studies I (3 cr. hr.) or
- CPN 102 - Writing Studies in the Community I (4 cr. hr.)
- GE course
- GE course
- GE 1: Quantitative Skills
- Foreign language
- CPN 101 - Writing Studies II (3 cr. hr.) or
- CPN 103 - Writing Studies in the Community II (4 cr. hr.)
Fall Total credit hours: 15
- GE course
- GE course
- GE course
- Foreign language
- ESL 300 - Theoretical Foundations of Teaching English as a Second Language (3 cr. hr.)
- GE course
- GE course
- Foreign language or elective
- ESL 301 - Methods of Teaching English as a Second Language (3 cr. hr.)
- ESL 303 - English Grammar for TESOL (3 cr. hr.)
Fall Total credit hours: 15
- Elective
- Elective
- ESL 302 - Applied Linguistics for Teachers of English as a Second Language (3 cr. hr.)
- ESL 402 - Teaching English as a Second Language in the Content Area (3 cr. hr.)
- ESL 404 - ESL Literacy in the Elementary School (3 cr. hr.)
- Elective
- Elective
- Elective
- ESL 400 - Teaching Reading in the Second Language Classroom (3 cr. hr.)
- ESL 401 - Teaching Writing in the Second Language Classroom (3 cr. hr.)
Fall Total credit hours: 15
- Elective
- AED 437 - Methods of Teaching Second Languages in Middle/Junior and High Schools I (3 cr. hr.)
- AED 438 - Methods of Teaching Second Languages in Middle/Junior and High Schools II (3 cr. hr.)
- ESL 403 - Second Language Testing and Assessment (3 cr. hr.)
- SPE 275 - Teaching Students with Disabilities in Adolescence Classrooms (3 cr. hr.)
- GE courses
- Elective courses
