English as a Second Language Minor with K-12 Teacher Certification

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

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

NOTE: For the ESL Minor without Teacher Certification, please see English as a Second Language Minor without Teacher Certification .

Proficiency in English

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

World Language Courses, 8 credits

Complete a two-semester sequence of university entry-level world language courses (101, 102). The requirement may be fulfilled through equivalent coursework or other language acquisition as demonstrated through a test-out policy (including Native American languages and American Sign Language). If your native language is not English and you can document formal high school or university study of your native language, you may use ENGL 101 and ENGL 202 , or ENGL 150 as a means of fulfilling this world language requirement. Please see the Department of World Languages and Literatures for details.

Required

Take one course from

ANTH 110 - Cultural Anthropology 3 cr.
ANTH 325 - Culture and Language 3 cr.
FLNG 250 - Introduction to World Languages 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 102 - Social Problems 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 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 375 - Literature for Adolescents 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.