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GOALS OF TESOL

The goal of the University’s Master of Arts in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) is to provide career opportunities for candidates both at home in the United States, and internationally. 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 at elementary, secondary and university levels. Since Campbellsville University is a teaching institution, this program strengthens the current curriculum by providing an MA degree in TESOL as one of only nine other institutions of higher learning in the Commonwealth of Kentucky which offers, not necessarily an MA in TESOL, but some type of TESOL program. This program meets Campbellsville University’s mission of academic excellence and value-based, continued life-long learning in a Christian environment.

PROGRAM OBJECTIVES

• to provide an understanding of basic concepts, scope and methodology of the science of language which includes candidates having a sociological, historical and philosophical perspective of the teaching of English as a second and foreign language.
• to better prepare a candidate for admission to various professional schools.
• to provide quality graduate preparation in the discipline of TESOL at the college level in the United States or internationally at the elementary, secondary and university level.
• to conduct research which will add to the knowledge of current practices and permit educators through reflection to make wise decisions concerning instruction so that they may make contributions to their businesses, students, schools and communities through continuing emphases on learning and service.

FACULTY AND STAFF

Program Director

Sandra Kroh, Ph.D.
Director of ESL Institute and Graduate Program
B.A., Milligan College; M.A. Ball State University; Ph. D., Ball State University.


Full-Time Faculty

David Carlson, Ph.D.
Chair, Division of Social Science
B.S., North Dakota State University; M.A., North Dakota State University; Ph.D., Utah State University

Mary Jane Chaffee, Ph.D.
B.A., Vassar College; M.A., The Shakespeare Institute, England; Ph.D., University of Iowa 

Judith McCormick, Ph.D.
B.A., Transylvania University; M.A., Florida Atlantic University; Ph.D., University of Kentucky

William Neal, Ph.D.
B.A., Arkansas College; M.A., University of Arkansas; Ph.D., University of Mississippi;
Graduate study, University of Louisville. 

Linda Trollinger, Ph. D.
B.A. Shawnee State University; M.A., Marshall University; Ph.D., University of Kentucky

ADMISSION CRITERIA

Specific Admission Requirements

• Students must have completed 6 hours of a foreign language.
• Students must have a BA degree from an accredited institution.


Unconditional Admission

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.


Provisional Admission

Students not meeting all of the above prerequisites will be considered upon the recommendation of the Graduate Admissions Council.

Students will have their course performance assessed regularly by their advisor.

Provisional admission students must maintain a GPA of 3.0 or better while in the graduate program.

Initially the division chairperson will be the student’s advisor. An appropriate graduate faculty member or education tutor will be assigned by the ESL Programs Director.