English as a Second Language Minor, B.S. in Ed., Standard Elementary or Secondary Certificate

Admission Requirements, Retention & Termination Standards

To receive an English as a Second Language Minor, students must complete a program of 24 credit hours. In addition, they must have two years (or the equivalent) of college level experience in learning a foreign language. For students who are non-native speakers of English, evidence of language proficiency in English is required. This may be demonstrated by one of a-d below.

TOEFL score of IBT 79 and a TWE (or computer-based essay) score of 5.0,
Equivalency scores for TOEFL and TWE on the CMU ELI Placement Test Series,
Successful completion of a course of study (e.g., high school diploma) in which the language of instruction is English,
Successful completion of at least 12 credit hours of work in a recognized undergraduate program in which the language of instruction is English.

Nonnative speakers of English whose TOEFL scores are between 61 and 79 IBT and/or whose TWE (or computer-based essay) scores are between 4.0 and 5.0 may be admitted conditionally. All such applicants will be asked to take the CMU ELI Placement Test Series when they arrive at CMU, and may be asked to take courses in the English Language Institute depending on their performance on that test.

Program Requirements

Required Courses I (15 hours)

ENG 175	The Nature of Language	3(3-0)
ENG 375	Introduction to Linguistics	3(3-0)
ENG 571	Teaching of English to Speakers of Other Languages	3(3-0)
ENG 574	TESOL Materials, Assessment, Curriculum	3(3-0)
ENG 577	Introduction to Second Language Acquisition	3(3-0)

Required Courses II (3 hours)

ENG 578

Applied Sociolinguistics

3(3-0)

Electives I (3 hours)

Select one of the following:

CSD 130	Normal Speech and Language Acquisition	3(3-0)
ENG 573	Linguistics and Reading	3(3-0)

Electives II (3 hours)