Department: English as a Second Language

Code Name Description
ESLS4304 Methods in Teaching ESL Students will explore the primary approaches and methods for teaching ESL as well as social and cultural factors that influence ESL students' learning. Students will develop teaching strategies for promoting ESL students' reading, writing, listening...
ESLS5301 Second Language Acquisition Students will learn the principles and processes of first and second language acquisition in conjunction with language development and environment. In addition, the interrelatedness of L1 and L2 and the transfer/relation of the four communication sk...
ESLS5304 Methods in Teaching ESL Students will explore the primary approaches and methods for teaching ESL as well as social and cultural factors that influence ESL students' learning. Students will develop teaching strategies for promoting ESL students' reading, writing, listening...
ESLS5306 Content Area Language Proficiency Skills Students will learn effective practices, resources, and materials for providing content-based ESL instruction, engaging students in critical thinking, and fostering ESL students' communication and technological skills. Students will understand the i...
ESLS5308 Multicultural and Multilingual LearningEnvironments The purpose of this course is to provide an opportunity for the student to grow in knowledge, experience and skill in developing and maintaining effective multicultural and multilingual learning environments. Historical, theoretical and policy found...
ESLS5310 Administration of ESL Program A study of the nature, development, implementation, maintenance and promotion of comprehensive English as a Second Language programs. All aspects of the ESL program are studied including classroom management and teaching strategies and the developme...
ESLS5314 Practicum in ESL/EFL Settings Practical, on-the-job, supervised and evaluated field experiences that provide the foundation for success in teaching English as a Second Language (ESL) and English as a Foreign Language (EFL). Students develop conceptual and professional skills thr...
ESLS5320 Assessing English Language Learners Students will develop the knowledge and skills needed to assess English language learners in ways that are valid, reliable, and fair. Students will learn about and apply the use of formal and information assessment tools and techniques that inform i...
ESLS5321 Linguistics for Reading & ESL 'This course explores the linguistic basis for teaching reading and ESL (English as a second language). Students will consider the implications of the basic concepts from phonology, orthography, morphology, and syntax for teaching reading and for tea...
ESLS5390 Independent Study in ESLS Independent Study courses are devised by, professors to permit students to explore material, not offered in regularly scheduled courses.
ESLS6390 Independent Study in ESLS Independent Study courses are devised by, professors to permit students to explore material, not offered in regularly scheduled courses.
ESLSELEC English As a Second Language A generic course used for the External Transcript Equivalency Process. If the course does not have an equivalency but will meet subject area the ELEC is used along with the appropriate department to state the course is accepted with in the subject a...