Ed.M. in Language Education and English as a Second Language (ESL) Education (Certifications: Teacher of World Lanuages: Chinese, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Latin, Russian, Spanish, or Other World Languages and Teacher of English as a Second Language)

Coordinator: Dr. Mary Curran (848-932-0790; 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 foreign language education and English as a second language (ESL). The program requires that a student have a bachelor's degree with a major appropriate to the area of licensure, 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 Student and Academic Services, Room 110, Graduate School of Education (848-932-3232).

The specific program requirements are as follows:

Foreign Language Education (18 credits)

05:300:431 Introduction to World Language/Elementary Methods (3)

05:300:432 World Language Secondary Methods (3)

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

15:253:523 Language and Culture (3)

15:253:537 Language in Society (3)

15:253:530 Foundations of Language I (3)

English as a Second Language Education (9 credits)

15:253:510 Academic English in the Content Areas (3)

15:253:511 ESL Secondary School Methods (3)

15:253:521 Introduction to ESL/Elementary methods (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)

15:255:539 The Teaching Professional (3)

15:293:523 Inclusive Teaching in Education (3)

Internship in Teaching (12 credits)

15:255:535 Teaching Internship (9)

15:255:536 Teaching Internship Seminar (3)

Language and Cultural Proficiency Requirements

Proficiency in the foreign language is to be demonstrated through an Oral Proficiency Interview (OPI) in the target language administered by the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL). All students seeking certification in ESL are required to pass an Oral Proficiency Interview and a Written Proficiency Test (WPT) in English administered by ACTFL.

To arrange an interview visit http://www.languagetesting.com. Call 914-963-7110 to schedule the WPT. OPI and WPT results must be on file with the Office of Student and Academic Services prior to student teaching.