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Undergraduate students
Teaching English abroad is an excellent intermediary step between a UCLA degree and professional life. The Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language (TESFL) minor gives students the necessary credential for finding a job in the burgeoning field of English language instruction. The minor is also well suited to students who wish to pursue graduate studies in Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language and Applied Linguistics. The minor can enhance students' job prospects, applications to graduate programs, and chances of obtaining a teaching assistantship at a university.
The TESFL minor provides students with:
- an overview of current second language pedagogical theories and practices;
- experiences observing the second language acquisition process both in and out of the classroom;
- a supervised practicum experience in a variety of second language classroom setttings;
- an opportunity to reflect on the interactin of theory and practice in the teaching of English as a second or foreign language
Program Requirements:
Lower-division requirement:
- Linguistics 20: Introduction to Linguistics
Required Applied Linguistics and Teaching English as a Second Language (AP&TESL) Courses:
AL&TESL 101W: Introduction to Language Learning and Language Teaching or C110: Methodology for Second/Foreign Language Education
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AL&TESL C116: English Grammar for Second/Foreign Language Education
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AL&TESL C118B: Second/Foreign Language Teaching Practicum
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Elective Courses:
- AL&TESL C111: Writing for Second/Foreign Language Education
- AL&TESL C112: Reading for Second/Foreign Language Education
- AL&TESL C113: Phonetics for Second/Foreign Language Education
- AL&TESL C114: Listening and Speaking for Second/Foreign Language Education
- AL&TESL C115A: Media for Second/Foreign Language Education
- AL&TESL C117: Literature in Second/Foreign Language Education
- AL&TESL C118A: Fundamentals of Second/Foreign Language Education
- AL&TESL C119: Current Issues in Second/Foreign Language Education
- AL&TESL C153: Functional Foundations of Grammar
- AL&TESL C155: Foundations of Language Acquisition
- AL&TESL C157: Foundations of Language Assessment
- English 121
- English Comp 120A
- English Comp 120B
- English Comp 120C
- English Comp 132C
- Linguistics M10
- Linguistics C130
- Linguistics C140
- Linguistics 175
The minor is offered to all enrolled UCLA undergraduate students. For more information, please see the relevant section of the UCLA General Catalog.
Graduate students
Teaching English around the world is an impressive addition to the resume of any educator and also serves as good prepartion for a career in development, diplomacy, or international business. Graduate students in any field can enroll in a certificate course in Teaching English as a Second Language.
The completion of the following eight courses (and Linguistics 20 as a prerequisite) enables any UCLA graduate student to receive the TESL Certificate, awarded upon graduation from their graduate program:
- AL&TESL C210 Methodology for Second/Foreign Language Education
- AL&TESL C216: English Grammar for Second/Foreign Language Education
- AL&TESL C218B: Second/Foreign Language Teaching Practicum
- AL&TESL C213: Phonetics for Second/Foreign Language Education or Linguistics 103: Introduction to General Phonetics
- AL&TESL C211: Writing for Second/Foreign Language Education or C212: Reading for Second/Foreign Language Education or C214: Listening and Speaking for Second/Foreign Language Education or C215A: Media for Second/Foreign Language Education or C217: Literature for Second/Foreign Language Education or C219: Current Issues in Second/Foreign Language Education
- AL&TESL C202: Foundations of Language Acquisition
- Two quarters of a foreign language
For more information, please see the UCLA Graduate Division Program site.
Published: Wednesday, August 31, 2005
