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Graduate Certificate - Teaching English to Speakers of Other Langauges (TESOL)
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Student Learning Outcomes
Graduate Certificate - Teaching English to Speakers of Other Langauges (TESOL)
Students completing the TESOL certificate will able to:
- Describe the features of both second language and first language discourse.
- Explain the theoretical principles of second language learning from linguistic, psychological, and social perspectives.
- Explain the principles, strategies, and features of second language teaching in a variety of contexts.
- Describe how learning a second language differs from learning one's first language.
- Exemplify the theory-to-praxis connection in second language teaching in a variety of contexts, modes, and genres.
- Devise and use instruments for adequately and appropriately assessing language learners’ educational needs and language development in diverse contexts.
- Design and implement pedagogically-sound lesson plans, teaching materials, courses, and curricula for second language learners in a variety of contexts with respect to reading, writing, listening, speaking, and culture.
- Evaluate and refine (one's own) teaching practices on the basis of second language learning research and specific students’ learning outcomes using the tools of self-reflection and classroom observation.
