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2004-2005 Graduate Bulletin

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2004-2005 Graduate Bulletin [ARCHIVED BULLETIN]

M.A. in Applied Linguistics (TESOL)

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Assistant Professor Greaney, Graduate Program Director, (516) 463-5651, cllglg@hofstra.edu

This program is designed to broaden the theoretical and practical base of people involved in all aspects of working with adult or college-level non-native speakers of English including teaching, materials development and publishing or related areas. The program shares a common core of courses with the M.S. in Ed. program leading to primary and secondary school certification in TESOL for New York State.

Admission Requirements

A bachelor’s degree from an accredited institution with a background in linguistics and a major in TESOL, English, a foreign language, linguistics, reading or other related area.
Proficiency in English including reading, writing, and speaking.
12 semester hours of foreign language study or the equivalent.
A letter of recommendation from a college instructor and an interview with the Graduate Program Director.
If the student’s background shows deficiencies in foreign language study or linguistics, admission will be conditional until deficiencies are made up by taking some undergraduate courses without graduate credit, as specified by the adviser.

Graduation Requirements

The completion of a minimum of 36 semester hours, of which a total of 30 must be taken in the primary courses and linguistic track;
Completion of a supervised research project in conjunction with the LING 299 seminar course.
A minimum grade point average of 3.0 in overall graduate course work.

Program Requirements - Total Semester Hours: 36

1. Primary Courses

A. Methodological Component - Semester Hours: 9

CT 266 - The Learner in the School Credits: 3 s.h.
CT 280-9, A-Z - Advanced Workshops Credits: 1-3 s.h.
CT 280B - Advanced Workshop
SED 267 - Teaching English to Adolescent and Adult Speakers of Other Languages Credits: 3 s.h.

B. Linguistic Component - Semester Hours: 9

ENGL 203 - Approaches to English Grammar Credits: 3 s.h.
LING 210 - Second Language Acquisition Credits: 3 s.h.
LYST 208 - Language and Literacy in Urban Settings Credits: 3 s.h.

2. Applied Linguistics Track - Semester Hours: 12

Choose from the courses below, and other appropriate 200-level courses, under advisement.

SPAN 212 - Contrastive Bilingualism Credits: 3 s.h.
SPAN 214 - Bilingualism in Perspective Credits: 3 s.h.

ENGL 201 - Rhetoric Credits: 3 s.h.
LING 212 - Workshop: English Language Program Credits: 3 s.h.
LING 262 - Applied Linguistics Credits: 3 s.h.
LING 299 - Seminar: Applied Linguistics Credits: 3 s.h.
SPAN 213 - Development of Social and Psychological Bilingual Trends in the United States Diachronic and Synchronic Approaches to Language Credits: 3 s.h.
or CT 260 - Foundations, Theory and Practice of Bilingual Education

3. Recommended Electives - Semester Hours: 6

To be chosen under advisement, according to student’s interests:

ELED 246 - Methods and Materials for Bilingual Teaching of Reading in Bicultural Setting Credits: 3 s.h.
ELED 247 - Social Studies and Communication Arts for Bilingual and Bicultural Children Credits: 3 s.h.
ELED 248 - Methods and Materials for Bilingual Teaching of Mathematics Credits: 3 s.h.
ENGL 201 - Rhetoric Credits: 3 s.h.
LYST 213 - Introduction to Bilingual and Biliteracy Instruction for Children and Adolescents Credits: 3 s.h.
READ 255 - Psychological Foundations of Reading and Writing Instruction Credits: 3 s.h.
READ 256 - Psycholinguistics, Sociolinguistics, and the Processes of Reading and Writing Credits: 3 s.h.
RES 241 - Testing and Evaluation of Bilingual Students Credits: 3 s.h.