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  The Graduate School of Education 2009-2011 Master of Education (Ed.M.) Programs with State Certification Programs in the Department of Learning and Teaching Ed.M. in Language Education (Certification: Teacher of English as a Second Language)  

Ed.M. in Language Education (Certification: Teacher of English as a Second Language)


Coordinator: Dr. Mary Curran (732-932-7496, ext. 8101; email: mary.curran@gse.rutgers.edu)

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The Graduate School of Education offers a postbaccalaureate master's degree/initial teacher certification program in English as a Second Language (ESL) Education. The program requires that a student have an appropriate liberal arts major, 90 credits in liberal arts, and satisfaction of the general education distribution. The requirements needed to satisfy the general education distribution can be found in the Office of Academic Services, Room 110, Graduate School of Education (732-932-7496, ext. 8132).

The specific program requirements are as follows:


ESL Education (21 credits)

05:300:431  Teaching World Language/ESL in Elementary Schools (3)

05:300:432  Teaching World Language/ESL in Secondary Schools (3)

15:253:520  Principles of Second/Foreign Language Acquisition (3)

15:253:521  Introduction to English as a Second/Foreign Language (3)

15:253:523  Language and Culture (3)

15:253:536  English Structure and Phonology (3)

16:300:535  Foundations of Language I (3)


Common Professional Education Core (12 credits)

05:300:306  Educational Psychology: Principles of Classroom Learning (3)

15:255:533  Assessment and Measurement for Teachers (2)

15:255:534  Classroom Organization (1)

15:255:537  Education, Ethics, and Society (3)

15:255:538  Teacher as Researcher (3)


Internship in Teaching (12 credits)

15:255:535  Teaching Internship (9)

15:255:536  Teaching Internship Seminar (3)


Language and Cultural Proficiency Requirements

1. Proficiency in English to be demonstrated through an Oral Proficiency Interview (OPI) and a Writing Proficiency Test (WPT). (To schedule the OPI and WPT, contact the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL) at http://www.languagetesting.com.) OPI and WPT results must be on file prior to student teaching.

2. Evidence of second/foreign language or cultural experience, such as experience living in a second cultural setting; completion of one or more foreign language course(s) (minimum 3 credits); acquisition of second/foreign language (in a nontraditional setting).

3. There is no OPI for Latin; however, there is a Latin test requirement: http://www.state.nj.us/education/aps/cccs/wl/latin_test.htm.

 
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