Program Overview

Foreign Language Education (Secondary) (FLED) Program

The Foreign Language Education (Secondary) (FLED) program is designed for foreign language, TESOL, and bilingual education teachers. The program offers a range of courses that focus on current methods and approaches for teaching foreign and second languages.

Course Descriptions

• FLED 5429: Curriculum and Methods in Foreign Languages
  • 3 Credit Hours
  • Readings, theory, research, and demonstrations related to current methods and approaches for teaching foreign and second languages
  • Differences between learning a second language as a child, teenager, and an adult are explored
  • College Restrictions: Must be enrolled in one of the following Colleges: Education & Human Development
  • Student Attribute Restrictions: Must be enrolled in one of the following Student Attributes: Clearance for Education
  • Cohort Restrictions: Must be enrolled in one of the following Cohorts: EDCNDCY
  • Repeatability: This course may not be repeated for additional credits
• FLED 5431: Innovations in Foreign Language Education
  • 3 Credit Hours
  • Recent innovations or trends in foreign and second language education
  • Topics such as whole language, cooperative learning, authentic materials, pair and small group communicative activities in teaching the four skills, dialogue journals, jazz chants, and creating student and teacher-made materials
  • College Restrictions: Must be enrolled in one of the following Colleges: Education & Human Development
  • Student Attribute Restrictions: Must be enrolled in one of the following Student Attributes: Clearance for Education
  • Cohort Restrictions: Must be enrolled in one of the following Cohorts: EDCNDCY
  • Repeatability: This course may not be repeated for additional credits
• FLED 5433: Multimedia Approaches to Teaching Foreign Language
  • 3 Credit Hours
  • Effective uses of various types of media in teaching all aspects of foreign and second language
  • Creating stimulating materials and demonstrating their use through mini-lessons
  • Level Registration Restrictions: Must be enrolled in one of the following Levels: Graduate
  • Repeatability: This course may not be repeated for additional credits
• FLED 5435: Applic Res Sec Lang Ed
  • 3 Credit Hours
  • Level Registration Restrictions: Must be enrolled in one of the following Levels: Graduate
  • Repeatability: This course may not be repeated for additional credits
• FLED 5437: Teaching Second Language Culture
  • 3 Credit Hours
  • Devoted to how to teach culture and what to include
  • Identifying patterns of the target culture and areas of misunderstanding between cultures
  • Comparisons made between one's native culture and the target culture
  • Materials based on mini-dramas, simulations, and nonverbal communication are demonstrated and prepared by students for classroom use
  • Level Registration Restrictions: Must be enrolled in one of the following Levels: Graduate
  • Repeatability: This course may not be repeated for additional credits
• FLED 5460: Spec Proj Foreign Lng Ed
  • 3 to 6 Credit Hours
  • Level Registration Restrictions: Must be enrolled in one of the following Levels: Graduate
  • Repeatability: This course may be repeated for additional credit
• FLED 5470: Spec Proj Foreign Lng Ed
  • 3 to 6 Credit Hours
  • Level Registration Restrictions: Must be enrolled in one of the following Levels: Graduate
  • Repeatability: This course may be repeated for additional credit
• FLED 8645: Sem in Sec Foreign Lang Ed
  • 3 Credit Hours
  • Level Registration Restrictions: Must be enrolled in one of the following Levels: Graduate
  • Repeatability: This course may not be repeated for additional credits

Program Requirements

The program requires students to be enrolled in the Education & Human Development college and have clearance for education. Additionally, students must be enrolled in the EDCNDCY cohort for certain courses. Level registration restrictions also apply to some courses, requiring students to be enrolled in the graduate level.