Teaching English as a
Second Language

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• Minor in Teaching English as a Second Language

Advisors:

Armeda Reitzel, Ph.D.
Communication
Telonicher House 54
(707) 826-3779

Terry Santos, Ph.D.
English
Founders Hall 214
(707) 826-5988

The Program

This course work develops and refines skills necessary in teaching English as a second language (in the US, foreign schools, and language institutes).

The requirements for the TESL minor are equivalent to the requirements for the CLAD certificate (Crosscultural Language and Academic Development) recognized by the California Commission on Teacher Credentialing (CCTC). See Crosscultural Language & Academic Development for a full description of that program.

For a master's level TESL program, see the TESL minor in the English master's program.

Preparation

Take high school or community college courses in English, languages other than English, and ethnic studies.

Requirements for the Minor

Six semester units of a language other than English taken at the university level or at an intensive language program

ENGL 326 Language Studies for Teachers or
ENGL 328 Structure of American English

All of the following:
COMM 322 Intercultural Communication
ENGL / COMM 417 Second Language Acquisition
ENGL 435 Issues in English as a Second/Foreign Language
ENGL 436 Integrating Language & Content in English Instruction

Note: ENGL 435 is a prerequisite for 436. Also, ENGL 326 or 328 or the equivalent is a prerequsite for ENGL/COMM 417.