TEGLCRTU - Teaching English as a Global Language
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Program Type
Undergraduate Certificate
College
College of Social & Behavioral Sciences
Career
Undergraduate
Program Description
With the rapid growth of English as the premier global language and the continued development of international Englishes, the field of TESOL (Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages) is currently undergoing a shift in how it conceptualizes English, from a hegemonic system that privileges native speakers to a heterogenous yet unified communication system with diffuse international centers of use, development, and ownership¿English as a global language. Teachers with foundational training in this new perspective are in high demand and often have an advantage over teachers with more traditional training.
Learning Outcomes
- Explain, identify, and apply foundational concepts in linguistics, including basic phonology, morphosyntax, pragmatics, and language history and change, as well as introductory concepts in global Englishes including official English, L2 acquisition, and ESL education.
- Explain and distinguish between introductory concepts in sociolinguistics and global Englishes, including multilingualism, language contact, language planning and policy, regional and social variation, gender and language, politeness, and pragmatics, as well as concepts in global Englishes including International English, English as a lingua franca, and New Englishes.
- Analyze English usage and how grammar is used to enable and facilitate communication, as well as concepts key to teaching EGL including issues of standardization, variation, change, and L1 influence.
- Identify major issues and apply introductory concepts in TESOL, including the different contexts of learning and instruction (including online instruction), the impact of global Englishes on the field, learner differences, common teaching methodologies, teaching the skills areas (reading, writing, listening, speaking, grammar, pronunciation), culture, and assessment.
- Analyze and evaluate the appropriateness of specific English language instructional practices based on principles of second language acquisition theory and research.
- Explain and distinguish between introductory concepts in sociolinguistics and global Englishes, including multilingualism, language contact, language planning and policy, regional and social variation, gender and language, politeness, and pragmatics, as well as concepts in global Englishes including International English, English as a lingua franca, and New Englishes.
- Analyze English usage and how grammar is used to enable and facilitate communication, as well as concepts key to teaching EGL including issues of standardization, variation, change, and L1 influence.
- Identify major issues and apply introductory concepts in TESOL, including the different contexts of learning and instruction (including online instruction), the impact of global Englishes on the field, learner differences, common teaching methodologies, teaching the skills areas (reading, writing, listening, speaking, grammar, pronunciation), culture, and assessment.
- Analyze and evaluate the appropriateness of specific English language instructional practices based on principles of second language acquisition theory and research.