| Graduate Certificate in TESOL Program Schedule Department of World Languages _________________________________________ Eastern Michigan University |
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Program Description
The primary goal of this program is to provide public school teachers with the skills to more effectively address the academic and social challenges presented by an increasingly diverse student body and to appreciate those students as resources for instruction and classroom enhancement. The program targets five knowledge domains, as set out in the TESOL Standards for K-12 ESL Teacher Education Programs: Language, culture, instruction, assessment, and professionalism.
Program Schedule
The courses are offered one per term over a period of 8 terms (about 24 months). The Graduate Certificate program starts anew every two years; the next course sequence begins in January 2011.
Class Meeting
During the school year, the course is usually taught on Wednesday evenings, starting at 5:00 PM. The summer course is scheduled during morning hours, usually two days a week.
Time Limitations
This graduate certificate must be completed within three years of the month of first enrollment.
Location
This program is currently offered at EMU-Livonia Center, located on the SW corner of I-275 and 6 Mile Road.
Schedule for the next cohort: January 2011-April 2013
| Winter/January 2011 | TSLN 525 Second Language Acquisition for Classroom Teachers (3 hrs) |
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| Spring 2011 | No courses! |
| Summer/July 2011 | FLAN 540 Cultural Issues in Teaching Languages (2 hrs) |
| Fall/September 2011 | TSLN 502 A Pedagogical Grammar and Phonology of ESL (4 hrs) |
| Winter/January 2012 | TSLN 530 TESOL Methods: Reading, Writing & Grammar (2 hrs) TSLN 531 TESOL Materials: Reading, Writing & Grammar (1 hr) |
| Spring/May 2012 | TSLN 521 Content-based Instruction & Materials for English Language
Learners (2 hrs) |
| Summer/July 2012 | TSLN 532 TESOL Methods: Listening, Speaking & Pronunciation (2 hrs)
TSLN 533 TESOL Materials: Listening, Speaking & Pronunciation (1hr) |
| Fall/September 2012 | TSLN 520 Foreign Language Testing & Assessment (2 hrs) |
| Winter/January 2013 | TSLN 588 Observation, Analysis & Practicum in ESL Classrooms (3 hrs) |