TESL - Teaching English as a Second Language
Location: Candelaria 0295
Email: HSS@unco.edu
Website: www.unco.edu/hss/teaching-english-second-language
Faculty: Elizabeth Anne Franklin, Ph.D.
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Ideal for education majors in any program, the undergraduate Teaching English as a Second Language-also referred to as Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) - and Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (CLD) Education programs examine current theories and practices of language acquisition and multilingual language development in global contexts. You'll be thoroughly served in the cultural development of multilingual learners, and the varied experiences of multicultural and multilingual families and communities in the United States, even other countries. Completing this program can either be done through a Teaching English as a Second Language minor (Non-Licensure), a K-12 teaching endorsement (the CLD Education Endorsement), and/or a CLD Bilingual Education Dual Special Endorsement.
The undergraduate TESOL and CLD; Education endorsements are housed with in Mexican American Studies in the College of Humanities and Social Sciences in Candelaria Hall. Although numerous immigrant groups are addressed in TESOL coursework at UNC, there is a special focus on Spanish-speaking children and youth. An appropriate decision, this was reached considering that in Colorado 84% of all English language learners are Spanish-speaking; in the U.S. 75% of all English language learners are Spanish-speaking, the majority of whom are from Mexico.