TESOL: Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages

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Overview

Program Faculty

Professor: Andrea Stairs-Davenport (Associate Dean)
Associate Professor: Alexander Lapidus
Assistant Professor: Melinda Butler (Chair), Nicole Siffrinn

USM’s Literacy, Language, and Culture Department is committed to promoting 21st century literacy, multilingualism, and multiculturalism locally and globally by offering graduate certificates and degrees in Literacy Education and Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL). Classroom teachers, educational technicians, adult educators, school administrators, international teachers, and those interested in teaching English abroad are encouraged to apply for a relevant program of study. Literacy Education certificates and degrees are based on the International Literacy Association’s Professional Standards for Reading Professionals, which emphasize foundational knowledge; curriculum and instruction; assessment and evaluation; diversity; literate environment; and professional learning and leadership. TESOL certificates and degrees are based on  Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages’s (TESOL) Teacher Preparation Standards, which emphasize knowledge about language; ELLs in the sociocultural context; planning and implementing instruction; assessment and evaluation; and professionalism and leadership. Students in the K-12 ESL Initial Certification program must also meet Maine’s Initial Teacher Certification Standards, which include the InTASC Core Teaching Standards and Technology Standards for Teachers (ISTE Standards for Educators).

LLC program graduates pursue careers and professional experiences as literacy specialists, literacy interventionists, K-12 and adult education ESL teachers, ESL program directors, Title I directors, English as a Foreign Language teachers, and Peace Corps volunteers. Maine certified teachers may earn additional professional credentials as Literacy Specialists (Maine Certificate 092) and English as a Second Language Teachers (Maine Endorsement 660).

Programs

• English as a Second Language, Certificate of Advanced Study

• English as a Second Language, Certificate of Graduate Study

• Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL), M.S.Ed.
• Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL): Initial K-12 ESL Certification, M.S.Ed.

Courses

• EDU 557 - Teaching Writing to Multilingual Learners
• EDU 558 - Content-Based Curriculum for English Language Learners
• EDU 559 - Aspects of Reading for Multilingual Learners
• EDU 560 - Aspects of Teaching English Language Learners in PreK-12 Schools
• EDU 561 - Aspects of the English Language
• EDU 562 - Linguistic and Cultural Diversity in the Classroom
• EDU 563 - ESL Testing and Assessment
• EDU 623 - TESOL Practicum
• EDU 635 - Seminar in Second Language Literacy
• EDU 640 - Professional Internship in English as a Second Language

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