TESOL Courses

Joseph, our ESL Director is teaching his English 515 class. Two students are looking at him and paying attention to what he is saying. There is a black board behind Joseph.
Joseph, our GELLT Director is teaching his English 515 class. Two students are looking at him and paying attention to what he is saying. There is a black board behind Joseph.

 

Foundation Courses

  • English 314 3 cr. Structure of English
  • English 415 3 cr. Introduction to TESOL Methods – must precede English 515

Second Language Acquisition and Teaching Courses

  • English 318 3 cr. Second Language Acquisition
  • English 515 3 cr. Techniques and Materials for TESOL

Students must take 3 credits of TESOL Workshops during the same semester. Each spring, 3 of the 6 one credit workshops are offered in alternate years:

  • English 613 1 cr. TESOL Workshop: Pedagogical Grammar I
  • English 614 1 cr. TESOL Workshop: Pedagogical Grammar II
  • English 615 1 cr. TESOL Workshop: The Teaching of Listening and Speaking
  • English 616 1 cr. TESOL Workshop: The Teaching of Reading
  • English 617 1 cr. TESOL Workshop: The Teaching of Writing
  • English 618 1 cr. TESOL Workshop: The Teaching of Pronunciation

Additional Courses for Graduate Certificate Students

Foundation Course

  • English 315 3 cr. English Phonology

Social Perspectives on English Courses (Choose one of the following four courses)

  • English 316 3 cr. English Language Variation in the U.S.
  • English 414 3 cr. Global Spread of English
  • English 416 3 cr. English in Society
  • English 319* 3 cr. Language, Race, and Identity

*Undergraduate students who completed English 319 can request for an exception in DARs to fulfil the Social Perspective requirement. Please send all exception requests to asktesol@english.wisc.edu.

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