Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages, Graduate Certificate*

General Program Information

Graduate Coordinator:
Rickie Carter; carterrh@etsu.edu; (423) 439-6165

Theresa McGarry, Ph.D., Coordinator
312 Burleson Hall
Box 70683
(423) 439-6680
email: mcgarry@etsu.edu

Katherine Weiss, Ph.D., Department Chair
103B Burleson Hall
Box 70683
(423) 439-4339
e-mail: weisk01@etsu.edu

Website: www.etsu.edu/cas/litlang/tesol

Faculty: Yousif Elhindi; Theresa McGarry; Martha Michieka.

The department of English offers a graduate certificate in TESOL that provides knowledge and skills necessary to teach English as a second language in a variety of settings beyond the public schools. The course enables students to understand the process of learning a second language, design and implement English courses that meet the needs of English learners in adult education programs and institutes of higher learning, develop a view of themselves as professionals in the specialized field of teaching English as a second language, and understand the basis of continuing professional development in this field.

Program Admission Requirements

A student applying to the TESOL certificate program should have the following:

1. a bachelor’s degree with at least 3.0 GPA (on a 4.0 scale)
2. two years of coursework or basic proficiency in a foreign language
3. two letters of recommendation
4. satisfactory scores on the language section of the Graduate Record Examination (GRE) aptitude test.

A student who wishes to pursue an M.A. in addition to the certificate also needs to meet the requirements for admission to that program; admission into the certificate program does not entail admission into the M.A. program, even though many of the certificate courses can be applied to the M.A.

Curriculum

Students must complete a total of 18 credits, of which 15 will result from required courses (listed below) and three from one or more elective courses. A minimum grade of C is required in each course.

Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages Degree Requirements: 18 credits

Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages Requirements: 15 credits

• ENGL 5117 - Grammar and Usage (3 credits)
• ENGL 5150 - Sound Systems of English (3 credits)
• ENGL 5170 - Teaching English as a Second Language (3 credits)
• ENGL 5180 - Internship in Teaching English as a Second Language (3 credits)
• ENGL 5190 - Second Language Acquisition (3 credits)

Advisor Approved Electives: 3 credits

Students must complete three credits from the list of courses below; other courses are acceptable if approved by the student’s advisor.

• ENGL 5680 - Seminar in Linguistics (3 credits)
• ENGL 5950 - Methods of Research (3 credits)
• EDFN 5200 - Advanced Educational Psychology (3 credits)
• ECED 5356 - Language and Literacy Development of Young Children (3 credits)
• READ 5190 - Linguistics of Reading (3 credits)

Gainful Employment

*This is a Gainful Employment Program. For information about Gainful Employment programs, please see https://www.etsu.edu/gradstud/documents/gainfulemployment/teaching
_english_to_speakers_of_other_languages_graduate_certificate.pdf