Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL), Graduate Certificate

Offered through: College of Graduate Studies

The Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) Graduate Certificate program is designed to provide linguistic and pedagogical graduate-level professional development to teachers of students of multilingual learners. This program provides excellent training in much-needed theory, practices and strategies to prepare teachers to work effectively with linguistically diverse populations in various educational environments. The TESOL Graduate Certificate program is also an ideal program for professional development of public school teachers and will provide a solid preparation for the MTEL^® (Massachusetts Test for Educator Licensure) in English as a Second Language. The program is also useful for those individuals who aspire to teach English abroad and/or outside of the US public school systems. The program provides needed support to instructors working with adult learners of English in area community programs and to those teaching introductory writing courses at area institutions of higher learning, where an increasingly diverse population of students requires educators to have skills in teaching reading and writing to students learning English as an additional language. The online program is offered through a combination of synchronous and asynchronous courses.

For updated information about this certificate program, including its curriculum and requirements, prospective students should contact the Graduate Program Chairperson, Dr. Julia Stakhnevich at jstakhnevich@bridgew.edu.

Admission Requirements

1. All applicants to graduate certificate programs will complete the standard graduate school application forms which are common to all certificate programs. A bachelor’s degree is required for admission to all graduate certificate programs. Since admission to graduate certificate programs are on a rolling basis, students may apply at any time.

2. In addition to a completed application, every applicant should submit the following:

     a.) an official college transcript of the completed baccalaureate degree with a
          cumulative undergraduate GPA of at least 2.8
     b.) an official college transcript of graduate course work (if applicable)
     c.) a short essay on the value of the graduate certificate program for the applicant
     d.) one appropriate letter of recommendation from an academic or professional

Program of Study

Required courses (9 credits)

Elective (3 credits)

Complete one course, selected from the following:

Total minimum credits: 12

Note:

Students who have been admitted and completed the BSU TESOL Graduate Certificate are permitted to transfer four (4) courses or up to 12 credits into the Master of Teaching in TESOL with the permission of the Graduate Coordinator, providing that the courses completed meet the course requirements for the Master of Teaching in TESOL.