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Language and Learning (TESOL) Master's Program at Fredonia

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Master of Arts

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College of Education

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This program is no longer accepting applicants. 

For information about a previous program, please visit the SUNY Fredonia Academic Catalog.

With a broad selection of majors, minors, and online programs, SUNY Fredonia gives you the flexibility to explore what inspires you.

Program Options for TESOL

Fredonia offers five different tracks in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL), each customized to your desired outcome. The majority of courses are online.

M.S.Ed., TESOL Option 1 - Online - 1 Year

M.S.Ed., TESOL Option 2 - Online - 1.5 Year

M.A., Language and Learning (TESOL)

TESOL, Advanced Certificate - Online - 1 Year

Bilingual Education Extension, Advanced Certificate - Online

 

Career Opportunities for Language and Learning (TESOL)

  • Teaching English as a second or foreign language
  • springboard for Ph.D. in a related field
  • Teaching English to adults or children in a non-school setting
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EDU 518 Second Language Acquisition and Development

This course will help teacher educators better understand second language acquisition (SLA) in order to help them with their lesson planning and delivery in instructing English language learners (ELLs). Students will become knowledgeable about the various social, psychological, and linguistic theories and approaches to SLA and be able to apply this knowledge to their teaching practices.

EDU 570 Using Educational Research to Improve Instruction

Assists educational practitioners to become knowledgeable consumers of research and evaluation reports by helping them critically analyze and evaluate research. It examines the nature of reasoning in educational research, the use of measurement procedures in quantifying traits, the role of design in testing hypotheses, the role of statistics in analyzing data, and the limitations inherent in generalizing the results of research studies.

EDU 564 Linguistics for ESL Educators

This course presents the conceptual foundations of linguistics, examines structural/functional properties of language, and discusses the rules and principles which govern natural language (e.g., morphology, phonetics, phonology, syntax, semantics, and pragmatics). Other aspects of linguistics, such as language change, language processing (psycholinguistics) and elements of linguistics which impact language acquisition will also be explored.

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