Department of Educational Theory and Practice

TESOL: Teaching English as a Second Language Planning Sheet

(Without NYS Certification, updated Fall 2016)

Student Name: ID # __

Phone: Email: __

REQUIRED COURSES FOR TESOL MS (without NYS Certification)
Credits
Language Core
(12 credits minimum)1 / Lin 552, Approaches to English Grammar (4) OR
ETAP 550, English Grammar for Teachers (4)1
Tap 536, Second Language Learning (3)
Tap 652B, Perspectives in Bilingualism and Bilingual Education (3)
One Course in Linguistics (3). Recommended are:
ETAP 631 Language in Education
Lin 522, Introduction to Phonetics and Phonology
Lin 523, Linguistic Structures
Lin 541, Advanced Syntax
Or other as advised (e.g., Lin 521, Introduction to Syntactic Theory)
Language in Use
(9 credits minimum) / Choose 3 of the following:
ETAP 636, Pragmatics (3)
LTL/Tap 610, Literacy in Society (3)
LTL 648, Discourse and Language in the Classroom (3)
LTL 657, Literacy of English Language Learners
Ant 524, Language and Culture (3)
Com 577, Culture and Communication (3, spring semester)
Com 585, Conversation Analysis (3, spring semester)
Com 575, Interpersonal Communication (3, fall semester)
ETAP 600 Tutoring English language learners (from fall 2017)
Intership in IELP (3 credits: contact your adviser)
Language Teaching
Methodology
(6 credits) / Tap 501, The Teaching of English to Speakers of Other Languages (3)
Tap 598, Practicum (two semesters, 3 credits total)
Technology Education
(3 credits)
Research Seminar
(3 credits)) / One technology course from the following:
Tap 634, Using Media in the Language Classroom (3)OR
Tap 653, Language, Literacy and Technology (3)
One research course from the following (after completing at least 12 credits in the program):
Tap 680, Critical Introduction to Educational Research Paradigms (3)OR
Tap 681, Research in Practice (3) /
Electives
(3 credits minimum)2 / This is an elective course so you can select any course that is language-oriented and/or education-oriented.
Recommendations:
Lin/LTL/Ant 526, Language Acquisition
Psy 565, Psychology and Language
Psy 624, Human Memory
Or any course listed in the “Language in Use” block.
Other course as advised.

Total Credits: _

Advisor’s Signature: Date: _

1 Although the title of the courses is similar the contents are different. Students can take both of these courses; one of them will fulfill the language core requirement and the other can be taken as an elective.

Additional Program Requirements:

2) Students who enter the program with a deficiency in their previous work in linguistics should also take ALIN 520 or any other introduction to linguistics course to remedy the deficiency; this does not count toward the 36-credit degree requirement.