ESOL Curriculum

  • English As A Second Language Licensure/Master's Degree (PK-12)
  • Peace Corps Fellow English As A Second Language Licensure/Master's Degree (PK-12)

Licensure Course Work

EDUC 511:  Introduction to Teaching in International Schools (includes Human Growth and Development) - fall and spring online
EDUC 537:  Foundations of Multicultural Education - fall and spring online
EDCI 516:  Bilingualism and Language Acquisition Research - fall online  and summer in class
EDCI 519 - Methods of Teaching Multilingual Students (prerequisite EDCI 516) - summer in class
EDCI 520 - Assessment of Language Learners  (prerequisites EDCI 516, 519)
- summer in class
EDRD 615 - Reading/Writing for Multilingual Students (co-requisite EDCI 516) -
fall online
EDCI 510 - Applied Linguistics for ESOL Teachers (PK-12) - spring online
EDRD 610 – additional reading course TBD (for those who started program prior to fall 2008, this course may replace EDRS 590.
EDCI 790 - Student Teaching/Internship
Student teaching option (6 credits, 15-week course); all licensure course work, exams and foreign language requirements must be completed prior to student teaching. Internship may also be completed by teaching for one full year overseas in an accredited school as an ESOL teacher. However, Peace Corps Fellows must complete their internship or teach for one year in the U.S.

Please see Licensure Requirements for more details about internship, Praxis exams and licensure requirements for the State of Virginia.

Master's Degree Course Work*

All other course work must be completed prior to taking EDCI 521 and EDCI 777.

EDCI 521 - Curriculum Development for Language Learners (prerequisites EDCI 516, 519) – summer in class
EDCI 777 - Research to Practice.  This course must be taken last; students should be teaching at this point.  It begins online March 1 as a summer course.

*A Master’s degree in ESOL in the FAST TRAIN program requires completion of both licensure course work (24 credit hours) plus additional Master’s degree course work (6 credit hours) for a total of 30 credit hours.

Please see the course schedule for dates, times, locations, instructors and syllabi of individual courses.