Ed.M. in Language Education (Certification: Teacher of World Languages)

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Program Description: The Ed.M. program with (K-12) teacher certification in foreign language education is designed for individuals who possess a bachelor's degree and who wish to pursue certification and a master's degree in education at the same time. Certificates are recommended only in conjunction with the completion of the requirements for the Ed.M. degree.

The major goals of the program are to provide students with a thorough understanding of:

• Language analysis, including the analysis of the phonology, morphology, and syntax of the target language as well as the comparison of similarities and differences between English and the target language
• The process of second language acquisition as it concerns foreign language in a classroom context and as it varies by age levels
• Language assessment and test development procedures as they apply to foreign learning
• The target culture and the principal ways in which it resembles and differs from that of the United States
• Strategies of teaching the target language activities; creating situations that cause students to use the language; creating learning situations that bring the reality of the culture closer to the student; and devising activities that develop student's knowledge of the structure of the target language.
  

Foreign Language Education (21 credits)

05:300:434  Foundations of Language (3)

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)

15:253:537  Language in Society (3)

Graduate-level electives in foreign language education (6)

Common Professional Education Core (18 credits)

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

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 (20 credits)

15:255:530  Clinical Experience Phase 1 (1)

15:255:531  Clinical Practice Phase 2 (4)

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

Major Requirements