Graduate Program
Coordinator: Dr.
Margarita Perez
Phone:
508-929-8609
Email:
mperez@worcester.edu
Candidates for this program must hold a
bachelor’s degree from an accredited institution with a cumulative GPA of 2.75
or higher, and a current teaching license in ESL at the initial or professional
level. Candidates who have attained initial licensure in ESL from another
program or by another route would be required to take at least two other courses
(e.g., SIFE or Global Perspectives, or a graduate course approved by the
Graduate Coordinator e.g., History of the English Language or a reading course).
Admission Requirements for the Master of Education: Concentration in ESL
The following is to be submitted to the Graduate School:
•
Completed graduate application, including fee and essay
• Official
transcripts (Transcripts from outside the United States must be officially
translated and evaluated.)
• Two current letters of recommendation
•
Tuition Residency Statement
• Results of a language proficiency assessment,
if applicable
• Graduate Record Exam (GRE) or Millers Analogies Test (MAT)
scores (waived with evidence of an existing advanced degree.)
• Copy of
initial or professional license in English as a Second Language
In addition, candidates are also
required to demonstrate evidence of:
• A course in
human, child, or adolescent development at the undergraduate level.
•
Documentation of fluency at an intermediate level in a language other than
English-- from a college or university or foreign secondary school; through the
successful completion of foreign language courses deemed appropriate by the
foreign language program in the Languages and Literature Department; or through
the proficiency level determined by the University’s language proficiency
assessment.
Required Courses (10 credits):
ED 981 Advanced
Foundations of Education (3 cr.)
ED 982 Research Methods (3 cr.)
ES 934
ESL Seminar: Research in Language & Education. ELLs (3 cr.)
ES 935 ESL
Portfolio Evaluation (1 cr.)
ESL Concentration (27 credits):
(To be chosen in
consultation with Program Coordinator.)
CD 905 Sound System of English (3)
CD 906 Structure of English (3)
CD 910 Normal Development of Speech and
Language (3)
ED 978 Contemporary Issues in the Teaching of Bilingual and ELLs
(3)
ES 928 Second Language Acquisition (3)
ES 914 Methods & Materials of
Teaching English Language Skills to the ELL (3)
ED 986 Literacy Instruction
for the English Language Learner (3)
ED 955 Assessing English Language
Learners (3)
ES 930 Sheltered Instruction & Assessment in Immersion
Classroom(3)
Electives
ES 929 Assessing
and Teaching ELLs with Disabilities (3)
ES 931 Leading an Effective English
Learner Program (3)
ES 932 Teaching Adult ESL and SIFE (3)
ES 933 Global
Perspectives in Cultural Diversity (3)
Total Minimum Program Credits:
37