Teaching English as a Second Language Minor

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This minor is administered by the Department of World Languages and Literatures .

The TESL minor consists of 22-29 credits. You must take the TESL minor in conjunction with teaching majors in early childhood, elementary education, K-12 majors, or secondary teaching majors.

Proficiency in English

Attain the minimum scores required by the Wisconsin Dept. of Public Instruction on verbal and reading sections of the PPST.

College-level Foreign Language, 8 credits

Two semesters of college-level foreign language (8 credits) or equivalent high school or other experience demonstrated by taking UW-Stevens Point’s foreign language placement test.

Required

Take one course from

ENGL 342 - English Grammars 3 cr.
ENGL 344 - History of the English Language 3 cr.
ENGL 345 - English Language for Teachers 3 cr.

Take one course from

With ESL adviser approval, choose one course from:

ANTH 110 - Cultural Anthropology 3 cr.
ANTH 325 - Culture and Language 3 cr.
HIST 288 - Racial and Ethnic Groups in the United States 3 cr.
POLI 315 - Minority Group Politics 3 cr.
PSYC 322 - Psychology and Culture 3 cr.
SOC 270 - Race and Ethnicity 3 cr.
SOC 327 - Social Inequality 3 cr.

English courses

Early Childhood (ages 0-8) and Middle Childhood-Early Adolescence (ages 6-13)

English Majors - Early Adolescence-Adolescence (ages 10-21)

ENGL 375 - Literature for Adolescents 3 cr.
ENGL 355 - Methods of Teaching Composition (Middle and Secondary) 2 or 3 cr. or
ENGL 356 - Methods of Teaching Literature (Middle and Secondary) 2 or 3 cr.
ENGL 381 - Reading for the English Teacher 3 cr.

Non-English majors/Early Adolescence-Adolescence (ages 10-21)

Foreign Language Education Courses

FLED 344 - Teaching English as a Second Language 3 cr.
FLED 398 - Student Teaching in Foreign Language 1-16 cr. or
FLED 498 - Intern Teaching 1-16 cr. (at least 1 credit)