Teaching English as Second Language

Two tracks are available for students wishing to teach English as a second language.  

bulletMajor in teaching English as a Second language
bulletInitial teacher licensure in TESL
bulletAdd-on teacher licensure in TESL
bulletCurrent Course Offerings:  TBA

There is also a minor program for TESL.

Dr. Phillip Glenn Ryan current courses:  ENG 112, TESL 220, TESL 320, TESL 440, TESL 585.

TESL SPRING ’05 COURSES & TEXTBOOKS

 TESL220: Intro to Language & Acquisition 

TEXT TITLE

EDITION

AUTHOR

ISBN #

“An Introduction to Language”

7th edition

Fromkin, et.al.

015508481X

“How Languages are Learned”

7th edition

Lightbrown

0194370003

  TESL320: Assessment

“The Case Against Standardized Testing”

 

Kohn

0325003254

“The Power of Tests”

 

Shohamy

058242335X

“Language Testing in Practice”

4th edition

Bachman

0194371484

  TESL350: Instructional Methodology

bulletNo texts needed

 TESL440: Socio/Psycholinguistics

“Psycholinguistics”

 

Scovel, T.,

0194372138

“The Language Instinct”

 

Pinker, S.

0060958332

“Language in Society”,

2nd edition

Romaine, S.,

0198731922

“Chicano Sociolinguistics”,

 

Penalosa

0883771276

  TESL490: Capstone

bulletNo texts needed

 TESL585: Language & Acquisition/ ICS540: Language and Culture

Psycholinguistics

 

Scovel, T.

0194372138

“The Language Instinct”

 

Pinker, S.

0060958332

“Language in Society”

2nd edition

Romaine, S.,

0198731922

++”Language & Social Networks”

2nd edition,

Milroy

0631153144

**“An Introduction to Language”

7th edition

Fromkin, et.al.

015508481X

“Chicano Sociolinguistics

 

Penalosa

0883771276

 **optional

++graduate students only

Dr. Phillip Glenn Ryan