Graduate Certificate in Teaching English as a Second Language/Foreign Language (TESL/TEFL)

The Teaching English as a Second/Foreign Language (TESL/TEFL) Certificate Program consists of four core courses that will give you the foundation and knowledge necessary to work with ELLs. These four courses can be applied toward the 24 credit hour Culturally Linguistically Diverse Education Endorsement (CLDE) endorsement and 

The TESL/TEFL Certificate Program is 12 credit hours and consists of these four courses offered on a rotating basis:

• CURR 5701 Materials and Methods: Linguistically Diverse/Multicultural Education
    
• CURR 5703 Assessment: Methods, Materials, and Theories for ELLs
    
• CURR 5705 Second Language Acquisition: Capstone
    
• CURR 5713 Language and Linguistics
    

Additional items of note for International applicants:

English Proficiency must be demonstrated through providing evidence of an IELTS score of 6.5 or above, a TOEFL score of 550-(paper-based) or 80-(internet-based), or a Kaplan International Tools for English (KITE®) score of a minimum of 460. Students may make arrangements to take KITE® at the Global Engagement Office.

Applicants with any post-secondary course work from an international higher education institution that is recognized by their country’s Education Ministry must submit a course-by-course foreign degree evaluation by a member of NACES (National Association of Credential Evaluation Services http://www.naces.org/members), AACRAO (http://aacrao.matrixdev.net/home) or World Education Services/WES https://www.wes.org/).

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