Applied Linguistics (TESOL), M.A.

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Assistant Professor Greaney, Graduate Program Director, (516) 463-5651, George.L.Greaney@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 master of science in education 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.

Program Requirements - Total Semester Hours: 36

1. Primary Courses

A. Methodological Component - Semester Hours: 9

CT 226 - Linguistics for Teachers of English-Language Learners Semester Hours: 3
CT 266 - Immigrant Children in the U.S. School Semester Hours: 3
SED 267 - Teaching English to Adolescent and Adult Speakers of Other Languages Semester Hours: 3

B. Linguistic Component - Semester Hours: 9

ENGL 203 - Approaches to English Grammar Semester Hours: 3
or LING 211
LING 210 - Second Language Acquisition Semester Hours: 3
LYST 208 - Language, Culture and Identity: Literacy Issues for Teachers and Children Semester Hours: 3

2. Applied Linguistics Track - Semester Hours: 12

CT 260 - Foundations, Theory and Practice of Bilingual Education Semester Hours: 3
or Span 213- Development of Social and Psychological Bilingual Trends in the United States
LING 212 - Workshop: English Language Program Semester Hours: 3
LING 262 - Applied Linguistics Semester Hours: 3
LING 299 - Seminar: Applied Linguistics Semester Hours: 3

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 Semester Hours: 3
ELED 247 - Social Studies and Communication Arts for Bilingual and Bicultural Children Semester Hours: 3
ELED 248 - Methods and Materials for Bilingual Teaching of Mathematics Semester Hours: 3
ENGL 201 - Rhetoric Semester Hours: 3
LYST 213 - Introduction to Bilingual and Biliteracy Instruction for Children and Adolescents Semester Hours: 3
LYST 362 A-Z - Sociolinguistic and Psycholinguistic Perspectives of Literacy Semester Hours: 3
LYST 363 A-Z - Literacy Learning and Pedagogical Practices Semester Hours: 3
RES 241 - Testing and Evaluation of Bilingual Students Semester Hours: 3

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.

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