Master of Arts in Teaching English to speakers of other languages (TESOL)
Master of Arts in Teaching English to speakers of other languages (TESOL)
The Humanities Division of Campbellsville University offers a Master of Arts in TESOL. This program focuses both on preparing students to teach English as a Second Language (ESL) in the United States, and also English as a Foreign Language (EFL) in an international setting. The Master of Arts in TESOL can be completed either as a 36 hour, non-thesis program or as a 39 hour, thesis program.
Admission to the Program
- Students must complete the University’s application form and include a sample of their written work.
- Students must submit official transcripts of all college work from accredited institutions (both undergraduate and graduate) confirming a minimum overall grade point average of 2.9 on a 4.0 scale.
- Students must have a GRE aptitude score of 850 (combined verbal and quantitative scores) and a GPA of 2.9.
- Students must have three professional and/or academic letters of recommendation.
- Students must have an undergraduate major in an English discipline or permission of the director of the program.
- International students must have their credentials evaluated from a third party source such as World Education Services (www.WES.org).
- International students whose first language is not English, must also have a TOEFL exam score of at least 550 paper-based, 213 computer-based, or 79-80 internet-based. For international students who have taken the IELTS exam, they must have achieved a 6.0 bandwidth.
- Students not meeting all of the above prerequisites will be considered upon the recommendation of the Graduate Admissions Council.
- Provisional admission students must maintain a GPA of 3.0 or better while in the graduate program.
- Students must have completed 6 hours of a foreign language.
Master of Arts in TESOL Degree Plans
Non-thesis Program (36 hours)
The program consists of successfully completing 30 hours of course work at the 500 and 600 level, a 3 hour TESL Practicum and a 3 hour research paper.
Courses:
- TSL 500 Introduction to Linguistics 3
- TSL 660 Materials and Methods I 3
- TSL 661 Materials and Methods II 3
- TSL 640 Second Language Acquisition 3
- TSL 510 Language and Culture 3
- TSL 680 Modern English Grammar 3
- TSL 520 Linguistic Phonetics 3
- TSL 670 Discourse Analysis 3
- TSL 630 Contrastive Analysis 3
- TSL 650 ESL/EFL Assessment 3
- TSL 690 TESL Practicum 3
- TSL 691 Research Paper 3
Thesis Program (39 hours)
The program consists of successfully completing 30 hours of course work at the 500 and 600 level, a 3 hour TESL Practicum and a 6 hour thesis.
Courses:
- TSL 500 Introduction to Linguistics 3
- TSL 660 Materials and Methods I: 3
- TSL 661 Materials and Methods II: 3
- TSL 640 Second Language Acquisition 3
- TSL 510 Language and Culture 3
- TSL 680 Modern English Grammar 3
- TSL 520 Linguistic Phonetics 3
- TSL 670 Discourse Analysis 3
- TSL 630 Contrastive Analysis 3
- TSL 650 ESL/EFL Assessment 3
- TSL 690 TESL Practicum 3
- TSL 696 Thesis 6
Year One:
9/10/07 – 11/17/07
Trimester 1 (Fall term)
TSL 500 Introduction to Linguistics 3 hrs.
TSL 660 Material and Methods I 3 hrs.
1/14/08 – 3/15/08
Trimester 2 (Winter term)
TSL 661 Material and Methods II 3 hrs.
TSL 510 Language and Culture 3 hrs.
3/17/07 – 5/31/08
Trimester 3 (Spring term)
TSL 640 Second Language Acquisition 3 hrs.
TSL 670 Discourse Analysis 3 hrs.
Year Two:
9/8/08 – 11/15/08
Trimester 1 (Fall term)
TSL 680 Modern English Grammar 3 hrs.
TSL 630 Contrastive Analysis 3 hrs.
1/12/09 – 3/14/09
Trimester 2 (Winter term)
TSL 650 ESL/EFL Assessment 3 hrs.
TSL 690 TESL Practicum 3 hrs.
3/23/09 – 5/30/09
Trimester 3 (Spring term)
TSL 691 Research Paper 3 hrs.
or
TSL 695 Thesis 6 hrs.
