Admission Requirements

Students interested in pursuing TESL must be approved for admission to the minor by meeting statewide teacher education program admission requirements.  Advising and admission to the minor are administered through the Office of Teacher Education Advising and Licensure (TEAL) in the College of Education. 

Declaring the minor requires admission to a major or minor in a subject area for which there is teacher licensure (Elementary Education, Special Education, Secondary or Middle Grades Education, Foreign Language Education, etc.).  After declaring the minor, advising is offered through the Department of Middle, Secondary, and K-12 Education in collaboration with advising in the student’s major department.  The minor is designed to be coordinated with Junior and Senior level coursework in the major.  The final semester includes an advanced seminar/practicum in TESL.  Successful completion of the minor and passing licensure testing requirements lead to a recommendation for North Carolina add-on K-12 licensure in ESL.

Minor Requirements

• TESL 4103 - Methods in Teaching English as a Second Language (3)
• TESL 4104 - Authentic Assessment (3)
• TESL 4204 - Inclusive Classrooms for Immigrant Students (3)

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• TESL 4205 - Second Language Acquisition and Linguistics in K-12 Schools (3)
• or  ENGL 3132 - Introduction to Contemporary American English (3)

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• TESL 4469 - Advanced Seminar/Practicum in Teaching English as a Second Language (3) *
• TESL 4600 - Literacy Development for Second Language Learners (3)

Total = 18 Credit Hours