Program Overview

Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages, MSEd

The M.S.Ed. in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL), housed within the Educational Linguistics Division, provides a foundation in the practical, theoretical, and professional aspects of the field of language education with a focus on English language teaching. The M.S.Ed. in TESOL prepares students to teach English in settings where English is a second, foreign, or international language. The program emphasizes the many roles and functions of English language education in the political, social, and academic climate of today’s globalized world. TESOL’s course of study combines the theoretical and practical aspects of the field while emphasizing the motivations and needs of immigrants who settle in English-speaking nations, international scholars and professionals, and students in countries where English is a second or foreign language. In-depth study and field-based practice prepare students to identify and analyze learner needs, design tailored language curricula, and use a variety of evidence-based teaching and assessment practices.

Curriculum

• Core Courses:
  • EDUC 6215: Approaches to Teaching English and Other Modern Languages (1 unit)
  • EDUC 8215: TESOL Practice Teaching (1 unit)
  • EDUC 6205: Linguistics in Education (1 unit)
  • EDUC 5299: TESOL Classroom Fundamentals (1 unit)
  • EDUC 6210: Sociolinguistics in Education (1 unit)
  • EDUC 7225: Second Language Development (1 unit)
  • EDUC 6200: Introduction to Applied Linguistics (1 unit)
• TESOL-related Elective:
  • Select three of the following:
    • EDUC 5204: Citizen Sociolinguistics
    • EDUC 5208: Classroom Discourse and Interaction
    • EDUC 5216: Content-Based Instruction
    • EDUC 5224: Curriculum and Materials Development for English Language Teaching
    • EDUC 5248: Language Assessment
    • EDUC 5252: Language Diversity and Education
    • EDUC 5256: Linguistic Anthropology of Education
    • EDUC 5264: Structure of English
    • EDUC 5281: Teaching Multilingual Immigrant Youth
    • EDUC 5270: Selected Topics in ELX: Adult Literacy for ELLs
    • EDUC 5271: Technology in Language Education
    • EDUC 5272: Selected Topics in ELX: Conversation Analysis for Second Language Teaching and Research
    • EDUC 5273: Selected Topics in ELX: Task Based Language Teaching
    • EDUC 5280: Teaching Writing in Multilingual Contexts
    • EDUC 6150: Technologies for Language Learning and Teaching
    • EDUC 7201: Methods of Discourse Analysis
    • EDUC 7230: Experiential Learning Design for Language, Globalization, and Intercultural Studies
    • EDUC 9210: Issues in Second Language Acquisition
    • EDUC 9215: Genealogies of Race and Language in Educational Research
    • EDUC 5333: Forming and Reforming the Elementary Reading/Writing/Literacy Curriculum
    • EDUC 5335: Literature for Children and Adolescents
    • EDUC 5378: Teaching Reading and Study in Colleges and Universities
    • EDUC 5388: Digital Literacies in a Networked World
    • EDUC 6326: Literacy, Discourse, and Interaction
    • EDUC 6329: Teaching English/Language and Literacy in Middle and Secondary Schools
    • EDUC 6333: Selected Topics in RWL: Literacy and Learning Differences
    • EDUC 6334: Selected Topics in RWL: Critical Literacies
    • EDUC 6335: Assessing Language and Learning Differences
    • EDUC 6362: Picturebooks and the Practice of Literacy
    • EDUC 6369: Participatory Methods in Education
    • EDUC 6381: Literacy and Illustrated Texts: Picturebooks, Comics and Graphic Novels
    • EDUC 7323: Multicultural Issues in Education
    • EDUC 7324: Literacy: Social and Historical Perspectives
    • EDUC 8334: Critical Literacy: Reading the self, texts and the world
    • EDUC 5804: Contemporary Issues in Higher Education
    • EDUC 6667: Introductory Statistics for Educational Research
• Distribution Requirement:
  • Select 1 Distribution Requirement course (1 unit)
• Capstone:
  • EDUC 8225: TESOL Seminar (Final Semester of Coursework) (1 unit)
• Total Course Units: 12

Required Milestone

Master’s degree candidates must demonstrate thorough knowledge of the field of specialization by passing a comprehensive examination in their area of study. The examination/portfolio/thesis serves an educational and evaluative purpose through which students are expected to review and integrate what they have learned in their coursework and fieldwork. Comprehensive formats vary.

Program Notes

• Two courses may be transferred into the program (as electives ONLY) with the approval of ELX faculty.
• Full-time registration is 3 CUs. Students must reach and maintain a 3.5 cumulative GPA after the completion of the first fall semester in order to register for 4 CUs in subsequent semesters.
• Students must earn a grade of B- or higher in core courses.
• Students may teach any language at their EDUC 8215 TESOL Practice Teaching field site.
• Depending on prior academic and teaching experience, students may seek faculty permission to waive EDUC 5299 TESOL Classroom Fundamentals. If waived, this course is replaced with an elective.
• Candidates for the M.S.Ed. degree must demonstrate knowledge of the field of education beyond the area of specialization. This requirement is met by satisfying the distribution requirement. To meet the distribution requirement, students must complete one approved graduate level (5000 and above) GSE course outside the student’s area of specialization, earning a grade of "B" or better.
• Students must teach English at their EDUC 8225 TESOL Seminar field site.