MATESOL Course Descriptions

TSL 500 Introduction to Linguistics (3)
This course is designed to introduce basic linguistic concepts and vocabulary. It examines what language is considered from a linguistic point of view. It also introduces the student to the methodology of the science of language.

TSL 510 Language and Culture (3)
This course is designes to examine how culture and language are interwined and influence each other. It will also look at how the culture we live in influences the culture of the language classroom. This course will also examine specifically how the Anglo culture is reflected in English grammar.

TSL 520 Linguistic Phonetics (3)                                                                                                                      This course is designed to introduce the student to speech sounds and linguistic methods employed in thier description, classification and analysis as elements in language systems. The student will be trained in the use of the International Phonetic Alphabet.
                                                                                                                                                                             TSL 660 Materials and Methods I:Speaking, Listening and Pronunciation (3)
This course is designed to give students practical hands-on experience in developing materials for teaching speaking, listening and pronunciation to English speakers of other languages. An overview of current approaches, issues, and practices in the teaching of English to speakers of other languages will be given.

TSL 661 Materials and Methods II: Reading, Writing and Grammar (3)
This course is designed to give students practical hands-on experience in developing materials for teaching reading, writing and grammar to English speakers of other languages. An overview of current approaches, issues, and practices in the teaching of English to speakers of other languages will be given.

TSL 640 Second Language Acquisition (3) 
This course is designed to introduce issues, models and methods in second language acquisition (SLA) research. There will be an emphasis on the impact of the theories of second language acquisition on ESL/EFL pedagogy.

TSL 680 Modern English Grammar (3)
This course is designed to be an intensive study of the structure of modern English.

TSL 670 Discourse Analysis (3)
This course is designed to give a detailed examination of the principal methods of analyzing written and oral discourse. The students will be introduced to relevance theory. This course also discusses coherence in discourse.

TSL 630 Contrastive Analysis (3)
This course is designed to examine language universals. Comparisons will be made of the structural systems of natural languages. Contrastive analysis and error analysis will be discussed as they apply to second language learning.

TSL 650 ESL/EFL Assessment (3)
In this course the student will examine fairness in language testing. Testing of native and non-native students will be discussed. The course also includes critiquing reading, writing, speaking and listening assessment rubrics.

TSL 690 TESL Practicum (3)
Practical experience related to the teaching of English as a second or foreign language. Permission of the ESL director is required.

TSL 691 Research Paper (3)
The student will work independently with guidance from a TESOL faculty member on the writing of their exit research paper. The student will write on a topic of their choosing concerning teaching English to speakers of other languages.

TSL 695 Thesis (6)
The student will be required to write under the guidance of a TESOL faculty member. The student will then defend the thesis before a panel of TESOL faculty and their peers.