2019 cycle

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Fit with the Institutional Mission or Institutional Learning Outcomes (ILOs)

This is a simple modification due to a change in the number and title of a statistics course offered in the MA in TESOL Program. The course is required for all students doing a thesis and is an elective for students interested in taking a statistics course. The new course number is EDFN 4250 and its title is “Statistics in Education and Human Services.” 

The numbering system of an EDFN course which is offered in the MA in TESOL Program. Students working on an MA thesis are required to take a course previously known as EDFN 4520 - then changed to EDFN 3520 - which is not allowable on a master’s degree program. The number for this course has been modified to EDFN 4250. This is the sole rationale for the program modification.

Program Learning Outcomes (PLOs)

Upon completion of the TESOL MA program, students will:
1) Appreciate the rich varieties of uses and contexts of the English language while acknowledging the importance of the native languages and cultures on language learning;
2) Apply appropriate learning theories to second language acquisition;
3) Teach English skillfully, using a variety of principled teaching methods;
4) Demonstrate understanding of the oral and written discourses of English;
5) Understand and apply research findings from the TESOL/Applied Linguistics literature;
6) Develop, apply, and evaluate assessment techniques for different purposes and audiences;
7) Value participation in professional associations and serve as advocates for second/foreign language students; and 
8) Apply and understand the relevance of a variety of computer-mediated tools for different purposes and audiences.