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Teaching English as an Additional Language (TEAL), Certificate

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College of Liberal Arts & Social Sciences > Department of English > Teaching English as an Additional Language (TEAL), Certificate

The Department of English offers a 15-hour course track that will give undergraduate students a certificate showing their completion of a Certificate in Teaching English as an Additional Language (TEAL). Open to English majors and students in other departments.

Certificate Requirements

Credit hours required for this certificate: 15.0

This 5-course (15 credit hour) certificate offers a variety of professionalization experiences within the following general areas:

Culture and Society
Language Teaching Methodology/L2 Assessment
Second Language Acquisition
Structures of English
Supervised Language Teaching Practicum; or Additional Approved Course

Required Course Categories

Routes to the TEAL Certificate include:

Culture and Society (3 Credit Hours)

One of the following:

ENGL 4300 - Intro-Study of Language Credit Hours: 3
ENGL 4304 - Varieties of English Credit Hours: 3
ENGL 4315 - Sociolinguistics Credit Hours: 3
ENGL 4311 - Language Socialization Credit Hours: 3
ENGL +3000 Course on Global Literature Credit Hours: 3.0
ENGL 3322 - Contemporary Novel Credit Hours: 3
ENGL 3345 - Nobel Prize Winners in Lit Credit Hours: 3
ENGL 3358 - Hong Kong Cinema Credit Hours: 3
ENGL 3365 - Postcolonial Literature Credit Hours: 3
ENGL 3368 - Topics in Asian American Literary Studies Credit Hours: 3
ENGL 3369 - Caribbean Literatures Credit Hours: 3
ENGL 3379 - African Literature Credit Hours: 3
ENGL 3380 - Modern Indian Literature Credit Hours: 3
ENGL 4394 - Topics in the Historical Novel Credit Hours: 3
SPAN 4367 - U.S. Hispanics and Language Credit Hours: 3.0

Language Teaching Methodology/L2 Assessment (3 Credit Hours)

ENGL 4303 - Teaching English as a Second Language Credit Hours: 3
CUIN 3311 - Methods and Techniques in Bilingual Education Credit Hours: 3.0
CUIN 4361 - Second Language Methodology Credit Hours: 3.0

Second Language Acquisition (3 Credit Hours)

One of the following:

ENGL 4311 - Language Socialization Credit Hours: 3
CUIN 4303 - Second Language Acquisition Credit Hours: 3.0
COMD 2339 - Language Development Credit Hours: 3.0
CUIN 3310 - Foundations of Bilingual Education Credit Hours: 3.0
PSYC 4397 - Selected Topics in Psychology Credit Hours: 3
Topic(s):
- The Bilingual Brain

Structures of English (3 Credit Hours)

One of the following:

ENGL 4322 - Grammar & Usage Credit Hours: 3
COMD 2338 - Phonetics Credit Hours: 3
(if taught with a multilingual focus)
CHIN 4396 - Selected Topics Credit Hours: 3
Topic(s):
- World Englishes
SPAN 3305 - Spanish Grammar Review Credit Hours: 3

Supervised Language Teaching Practicum in English as an Additional Language (3 Credit Hours)

ENGL 4392 - Practicum: Teaching English as an Additional Language Credit Hours: 3

Additional Information

The administration of the Certificate will be overseen by a Director of TEAL. This Director will be either the Director of the LCC or a tenured professor in English. The Director will review course offerings; monitor student performance; propose courses to be offered in a given semester; periodically review and revise the course inventory for the Certificate; certify that students have met the Certificate requirements; and award Certificates to those students who have completed all requirements. The practicum will be overseen by a Practicum Coordinator who would be responsible for reviewing all proposed practicums and ensuring that they meet the course requirements. Any practicum offered will need the written approval of the Practicum Coordinator. As part of the practicum, there would be a Site Supervisor who will ensure that the student fulfilled the practical component of the practicum. The Site Coordinator will submit a written evaluation of the student’s performance, and this evaluation would be factored into the student’s final grade. The Practicum Coordinator will approve all Site Supervisors for the practicums.