TESL minor

ESL minor w/o certification

Academic Standards
 For teaching
 For non-teachers

Courses

Teaching English as a Second Language Minor (TESL)
The TESL minor consists of 22-29 credits. You must take the TESL minor in conjunction with teaching majors in early childhood, elementary education, K-12 majors,  or secondary teaching majors.

1. Proficiency in English: Attain the minimum scores required by the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction on verbal and reading sections of the PPST.

2. Two semesters of college-level foreign language (8 credits) or equivalent high school or other experience demonstrated by taking UWSP's foreign language placement test.

3. Required.

1. One course from English 342, 344, 345.

2. One course from Communicative Disorders 266 or English 240.

3. With ESL advisor approval, choose one course from Anthropology 110, 325; History  288; Political Science 315; Psychology 322; or Sociology 270, 327.

4. English courses:

   1. Early Childhood (ages 0-8) and Middle Childhood-Early Adolescence (ages 6-13):
   1. One course from English 274, 275
   2. Education 309 and 310
   2.  English Majors – Early Adolescence – Adolescence (ages 10-21): English 375 – Literature for Adolescents, English 355 Methods of Teaching Composition OR English 356, Methods of Teaching Literature, English 381 – Reading for the English Teacher.
   3.  Non-English majors/Early Adolescence-Adolescence (ages 10-21): English 200, English 394 – Methods of Teaching Composition and Lit.; Education 386 – Reading in the Secondary School.

5. Foreign Language Ed 344.

6. Foreign Language Ed 398 or 498 (at least 1 credit).

English as a Second Language Minor without Certification
Consists of a minimum of 16 credits (not including foreign language requirement.

1. Prerequisites.

1. Demonstrated proficiency in English.

2. Two semesters of college-level foreign language
   (8 credits) or equivalent high school experience demonstrated by taking UWSP's foreign language placement test.

2. Required.

1. One course from English 342 or 344.

2. One course from Communicative Disorders 266 or English 240.

3. With ESL advisor approval, choose one course from Anthropology 110, 325, 335; French 481; German 481; History 288, 393; International Studies 393; Religious Studies 100; Sociology 270, 327; Spanish 481, 482, 483.

4. One course from English 200, 211, 212, 213, 275, 375, or Comparative Lit 101, 102.

5. Foreign Language Ed 333 (with ESL advisor approval) or 344.

6. Foreign Language Ed 397, 1-3 credits.

Academic Standards (Teaching)

1. Student Teaching: The chair of the Department of Foreign Languages and the director of the Office of Field Experiences approve student teaching programs. You register for Foreign Language Ed 398 (1-8 credits), Foreign Language Ed 400 (1-2 credits), and receive an assignment at the grade level for which you are seeking certification.

2. Professional Education Program: Requirements for the Professional Education Program are listed in the Education section.

Academic Standards (Nonteaching)
To graduate with a nonteaching major or minor in the Department of Foreign Languages, you must have a 2.0 cumulative GPA in all courses for the major/minor, including transfer courses, regardless of any declaration of academic bankruptcy. To be certified to teach a foreign language, you must complete the teaching major or minor with a 3.0 cumulative GPA in all college level courses taken in the language you plan to teach, regardless of academic bankruptcy. See the Academic Information section for the course repeat policy.

Courses in foreign languages are open to all students who meet the prerequisites. If you are not accepted into teacher certification programs, you must have written consent from the chair to enroll in teaching methods courses.