Program Description

The MA program in TESOL (Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages) with New York State certification K-12 is designed to prepare teachers of English language learners at elementary and secondary levels. Including a substantial field-based component, our program is based on communicative methods of second language acquisition and a reflective model of teaching, which incorporates collaboration with colleagues, students, and community. Our goal is to prepare new teachers with a firm foundation in language, literacy, and applied linguistics along with an understanding of a range of second language teaching approaches that can be adjusted to meet the needs of different learner populations from diverse educational and ethnic backgrounds. The NYU TESOL program affirms the value of heritage languages and cultures and takes an additive view of second language acquisition.

Admission Requirements

All students who are admitted to the Masters in TESOL program will have completed a bachelor's degree with a major in one of the liberal arts or sciences. In addition students must have taken as part of their general education coursework or an equivalent for six credits in mathematics, science, and social studies, and 12 credits of a language other than English or an equivalent of language proficiency.

I. Content Core (6 credits)

E29.2003 Linguistic Analysis (3)
E29.2205 Structure of American English (3)

II. General Pedagogical Core (10 credits)

E27.2010 Inquiries into Teaching and Learning III (4) (15 hours of field experience)
E63.1272 Adolescent Development (3) (15 hours of field experience)
E75.2162 Educating students with disabilities in middle childhood and adolescent settings (3)

III. Pedagogical Content Knowledge Core (12 credits)

E29.2001 Multicultural/bilingual education: Theory and practice (3)
OR (required)
E29.2005 Intercultural perspectives in multilingual multicultural education (3)
E29.2204 Teaching second language across content areas (3)
E29.2206 Second language acquisition and research (required) (3)
E29.2060 Second language evaluation and assessment (3)
E29.2040 Teaching second language in a technological society (3)
E29.2203 Linguistics, literacy, and bilingualism (3)
E29.xxxx Elective (study abroad option) (3)

IV. Specialization Pedagogical Core (7 credits)

E29.2002 Teaching second languages: Theory and practice (3)
E29.2201 Second language classroom: Elementary and secondary schools (4)

V. Student Teaching (6 credits)

E29.2230 Student teaching in second languages: K - 6 (3)
E29.2231 Student teaching in second languages: 7 - 12 (3)

VI. Social Responsibilities of Teachers (0 credit)

E27.2999 Drug and Alcohol Education/Child Abuse Identification/School Violence: Social Responsibilities of Teachers (0)

VII. Terminal Experience (3 credits)

E29.2039 Individual advanced project in MMS (study abroad option) (3)
Or
E29.2099 Culminating experience seminar in MMS (3)

Sample Progam of Study