Teaching English as a Second Language

• Coordinator: Juana Mora
• Jerome Richfield (JR) 340
• (818) 677-3453
• www.csun.edu/linguistics

Program Committee:

• Fredric Field (English)
• Catherine Jackson (Communication Disorders and Sciences)
• Bessie Karras-Lazaris (Intensive English)
• Sharon Klein (English)
• Rebecca Litke (Communication Studies)
• Evelyn McClave (English)
• Janet Oh (Psychology)
• Sabrina Peck (Elementary Education)
• Ana Sanchez Munoz (Chicana/o Studies)
• Enchao Shi (English)

Adjunct Faculty

• Joseph Galassso
• Shadi Ganjavi
• Gayaneh Hagopian
• Cynthia Hagstrom
• Terrie Mathis
• Christina M. Scholten
• Wendy Snyder

Emeritus Faculty

• Joanna McKenzie (Secondary Education)

Programs

• Minor in Teaching English as a Second Language
• Teaching English as a Second Language Certificate

The Program

The TESL Minor Program in the School of Humanities incorporates courses in Anthropology, Chicana/o Studies, Communication Studies, Education, English, Foreign Languages and Literatures, Linguistics, and Sociology. The objective is to prepare candidates to teach English to speakers of other languages. Course substitution may be made only with the written approval of the coordinator.

The TESL Certificate is awarded to students who have completed (1) 21 units selected from Sections 1, 2 and 3 in the TESL Minor specified below, and (2) 6 additional units in pedagogy from courses listed below in Section 5, for a total of 27 units. This certificate is not equivalent to a teaching credential.

Academic Advisement

Students in the TESL Minor or in the Certificate Program should consult regularly with the Linguistics/TESL coordinator/advisor during regular office hours, or by appointment.

Requirements for the Minor

Any course substitution must be approved by the LING/TESL advisor.

1. Language (9 Units)

One course from (A), one course from (B) and one course from (C):

A. An Introduction To Language

• ANTH 310 Anthropological Linguistics2 (3)
• ENGL 301 Language and Linguistics1 (3)
• COMS 420 Language and Symbolic Processes (3)
• ENGL 604 Studies in the English Language* (3)

B. The Structure of Language

• ENGL 302 Introduction to Modern Grammar2 (3)
• LING 404 Morphology and Syntax (3)
• SPAN 497 Comparative Structure of Spanish and English (3)
• LING 525 English Structures for ESL/EFL Teaching* (3)

C. Language Acquisition

• LING 417 Language Development and Acquisition1 (3)
• CHS 433 Language Acquisition of the Chicano/a and ESL Speakers1 (3)
• PAS 395 Bilingualism in the African American Community1 (3)

2. Language and Culture (9 Units)

One course from (A), one course from (B) and one course from (C):

A. Language and Culture

• CHS 482 Languages of the Barrio1 (3)
• ENGL 405 Language Differences and Language Change1 (3)
• LING 427 Languages in Contact1 (3)
• LING 441 Sociolinguistics (3)
• SPAN 401 Language and Culture (3)

B. Cultural Studies

• ANTH 152 Cultural and Human Behavior1 (3)
• ANTH 305 Individual and Culture2 (3)
• ANTH 345 Ethnic Groups in America2 (3)
• ANTH 360 Immigration and Ethnicity1 (3)
• COMS 356 Intercultural Communication (3)
• SOC 305 Culture and Personality2 (3)
• SOC 307 Ethnic Diversity in America (3)

C. Specific Cultures

• AAS 100 Introduction to Asian American Studies (3)
• AAS 350 Asian American Personality (3)
• AAS 450 Asian American Child (3)
• ANTH 339 Asian American Child1 (3)
• ANTH 344 Peoples of South Asia (3)
• ARMN 310 Armenian Culture (3)
• ARMN 440 The Armenian Child (3)
• CAS 100 Introduction to Central American Studies (3)
• CAS 311 The Central American Diaspora (3)
• CHS 100 Chicano Culture2 (3)
• CHS 430 The Chicano Child1 (3)
• CHS 431 The Chicano Adolescent (3)
• CHS 470 Cultural Differences and the Chicano (3)
• CHS 471 Chicano Families (3)

3. Writing (3 Units)

One course from the following:

• ENGL 406 Advanced Expository Writing (3)
• ENGL 494TCE The Classroom Experience (3)
• LING 520 Issues in ESL Reading and Writing (3)

4. Elective (3 Units)

• Approved elective, chosen in consultation with advisor (3)

Total Units for the Minor: 24

TESL Certificate

For the TESL Certificate, completion of Sections 1, 2, and 3 above PLUS 6 units in Section 5, Pedagogy, is required:

5. Section 5: Pedagogy (6 Units)

Select two of the following:

• SED 525ESL** Methods of Teaching English as a Second Language* (3)
• SED 587ESL** Methods of Teaching English as a Second Language to Adults* (3)
• EED 570 ESL Instruction in Bilingual and Multilingual Classrooms* (3)
• EED 675 Bilingual/Multilingual Teaching Strategies* (3)

Total units for the Certificate: 27

* 500 and 600-level courses in the TESL Minor/Certificate Program may not be taken for undergraduate credit.

** Only ONE of these courses may be selected.

1. Also fulfills a course requirement in the Liberal Studies major (including the Language and Diversity Concentration)

2. Also fulfills a General Education requirement