Department of Modern Languages and Literatures
TESOL Teacher Licensure Program Coursework Schedule
Contact information: Dr. Sehlaoui, Program Director: asehlaou@emporia.edu
NOTE: All
TESOL certification program candidates must fill out the attached advisement
form and send it to the above email for approval. An updated schedule of classes and an
electronic copy
of
the form are available online at the program website: http://www.emporia.edu/modlan/esl/esl.htm
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Course Title |
Brief Description |
Semester Offered and Pre-requisites |
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FL 519 Language Assessment
& Evaluation (3 Credit Hours) |
FL 519 explores theoretical
and practical aspects of language assessment and evaluation, particularly in
measuring second language skills of students in ESOL programs. |
Spring (evening class,
face-to-face on-campus) |
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FL 532 Teaching English as
a Second/Foreign Language (3 Credit Hours) |
FL 532 focuses on the
pedagogical aspects of teaching English and the preparation of teaching
materials and tests for classroom use. Like other courses, this course
calls for a highly constructive class participation and very responsible out
of class reading and assignment preparation. |
Spring (online) |
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ED 535 Cultural Awareness
for Educators (3 Credit Hours) |
ED 535 explores personal biases
and methods of overcoming them and the basic principles underlying
multicultural education. This course provides an opportunity to develop
appropriate teaching strategies, activities and materials and to adapt and
evaluate curricula for use in culturally diverse, as well as homogenous,
classrooms. |
Summer, Spring, and fall
(online/ITV) |
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Fl 600 focuses on applied
linguistics and how it can directly benefit and improve the teaching of ESOL/EFL.
This course focuses on the processes of second language acquisition and the
nature of first language acquisition. |
Fall (online) |
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FL 735: Practicum in Teaching
ESL (3 credit hours) |
The course focuses on the
students' ability to reflect critically on their own teaching and the
teaching of others. FL 735 involves interaction with the instructor via
e-mail, two seminars, observations and/or self-observations journal writing,
a critique of a professional journal article, and a supervised teaching
experience in ESOL. |
Spring and Fall FL 532 is a Pre-requisite for this
course |
NOTES:
·
(For
the practicums that are also associated with Student Teaching
(for some preservice teachers), a request must be
submitted by
September 10th 2007 for Spring
08 Semester and by Feb. 12th for Summer and Fall 2008 semesters.)
·
(For
the practicums that are Not associated with Student
Teaching (mainly inservice teachers who will be
completing this in their own
classrooms, plovided they will have
ELL students, the due dates are for receiving the requests are:
Oct 12th for Spring 08 and
March 7th for Fall and Summer 08)