Five-Year Program in Language Education (Certification: Teacher of World Languages: Chinese, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Latin, Russian, or Spanish)

Pre-Admission Core Courses (6.5 credits)

05:300:200  Introduction to Education (3)

05:300:201  Introduction to Education Field Based Lab - Clinical Experience (1)

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

Foreign Language Education (18 credits)

05:300:438  Methods for Teaching and Assessing World Language Learners (3)

15:253:520  Principles of Language Learning: Second and World Language Acquisition (3) 

15:253:523  Language and Culture (3)

05:300:434  Foundations of Language (3)

15:253:537  Language in Society (3)

Graduate-level elective in foreign language education (3)

Common Professional Education Core (15 credits) 

05:300:450  Urban Education I (1.5)

05:300:451  Urban Education II (1.5)

05:300:452  Teaching Emerging Bilinguals in the K-12 Classroom I (1.5)

05:300:453  Teaching Emerging Bilinguals in the K-12 Classroom II (1.5)

15:255:534  Classroom Organization for the Inclusive and Special Classroom (3)

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

Choose one from the following:

15:255:539  Communities, Schools, and Social Justice (3)

15:253:540  Teaching English Language Learners (3)

05:300:406  Community-Based Language Learning (3)

Clinical Experience (19.5 credits)

05:300:498  Clinical Experience Phase 1 (.5)

05:300:499  Clinical Practice Phase 2 (4)

15:255:535  Clinical Practice Phase 3 (9)

15:255:536  Clinical Practice Seminar (6)

Major Requirements

Every candidate for certification in foreign language education must complete a full major in an approved target language.

Language and Cultural Proficiency Requirements

Proficiency in the target language is to be demonstrated through an Oral Proficiency Interview (OPI). To schedule the OPI, contact the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages(ACTFL) at http://www.languagetesting.com. OPI results must be on file with the Office of Student and Academic Services prior to student teaching.

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