Teaching English as a Second Language Major (B.S.)
Purpose
The Bachelor of Science in Teaching English as a Second Language major exists to equip candidates to teach English in a wide variety of contexts to speakers of other languages or to pursue advanced study in the field. Toward this end, the program seeks: 1. to develop the necessary curricular offerings and practical opportunities for student achievement in the areas of general linguistics, the linguistic features of the English language, cross-cultural dynamics, and curriculum and methodology in TESFL; 2. to develop strategies for providing students with both curricular and practical opportunities; and 3. to provide graduates with the highest quality of professional preparation as they enter the global workplace.
Program Learning Outcomes
The student will be able to:
- Analyze and communicate the syntactic, morphological, phonological, and discourse features of English.
- Conduct linguistic analysis of various world languages.
- Adapt the principles of second language acquisition and learning for multiple teaching contexts.
- Compare and contrast different cross-cultural and cross-linguistic settings within the context of TESFL.