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TESLMA - Teaching English as a Second Language

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EnglishGraduate Degree SeekingMA - Master of Arts
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Completion requirement

Students must complete the below coursework with a grade of B or better (3.0). Students may transfer up to 6 graduate credit hours (12 from UA), with approval from the Program Director, usually applied to elective requirements. For detailed course descriptions, please see our webpage: https://english.arizona.edu/ma-tesl/requirements 

  • ENGL 555: Methods I: Introduction to Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (3 units)

  • ENGL 613: Methods II: Materials & Curriculum Development and Assessment (3 units)

  • ENGL 615: Second Language Acquisition Theory (3 units)

  • ENGL 620: Global Englishes (3 units)

  • ENGL 506: Modern English Grammar (3 units)

  • ENGL 693A: Applied ESL (3 units) 

Completion requirement

Electives

  • Select six courses (18 units)

  • GTAs must take L2 Writing if they wish to teach ESL composition sections (English 106, 107, or 108)

  • All course choices must be approved by the Program Director

Electives with the EAL program are:

  • ENGL 580: L2 Writing

  • ENGL 589: Technology and Language Teaching

  • ENGL 598: Preceptorship

  • ENGL 596O: Special Topics

Completion requirement

Language Requirement

If you speak English as your first language, you should show evidence of intermediate proficiency in another language, usually equivalent to 4 semesters of college or 4 years of high school language instruction. Students who speak English as an additional language are not required to show proficiency in a third language.

Completion requirement