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Graduate CertifiCate in

TEACHERS OF ENGLISH TO SPEAKERS OF

OTHER LANGUAGES (TESOL)

TEACHERS OF ENGLISH TO SPEAKERS OF OTHER

LANGUAGES (TESOL) Graduate Certificate

School of Teacher Education

Program ContactsREBECCA GALEANO, PH.D.

ASSISTANT PROFESSORFOREIGN AND SECOND LANGUAGE TEACHING

RGALEANO@FSU.EDU

LAURA BALLARD, M.S.VISITING ASSISTANT INSTRUCTOR

FOREIGN AND SECOND LANGUAGE TEACHINGLBALLARD@FSU.EDU

http://www.coe.fsu.edu/TESOL

The Florida State University College of Education

Program Overview Admission Requirements

Degree Requirements

Other Requirements

The 12-hour TESOL certificate program was designed for individuals wishing to teach English as a foreign language overseas. This certificate provides a minimal credential that could fit within a minor or area of concentration for someone already enrolled in a degree program at Florida State. It is not to be confused with state certification to teach ESOL in a U.S. public K-12 setting, which is available through our MOST program in ESOL and foreign language education.

GRADUATE CERTIFICATE IN TEACHERS OF ENGLISH TO SPEAKERS OF OTHER LANGUAGES

Admission requirements are consistent with the requirements for graduate admission to the Florida State University and the College of Education:

• 3.0 upper-division baccalaureate grade point average• combined score of 1000 or better on the verbal and quantitative aptitude portions of Graduate Record Exam, with neither individual section score less than 400• international applicants must provide evidence of a passing TOEFL score: 80 on the internet-based test and 550 on the paper-based version.

Courses Required: (Total of 12 credit hours)• Methods for Teaching Foreign and Second Languages - 4 credits• Curriculum and Materials for Teaching Foreign/Second Languages - 3 credits• Internship in Teaching ESOL/TESOL - 2 credits

One of the following:• Elective in the Teaching of Culture - 3 credits• Elective Seminar: Current Issues in TESOL - 3 credits• Elective Applied Linguistic - 3 credits

Applicants who do not meet the GRE requirement or do not hold an active Florida Professional Certificate (educator’s license) must take and pass the General Knowledge portion of the Florida Teacher Certification exam.

U.S. citizen applicants (with English as their native language) shall hold an earned baccalaureate degree with a major field in a language discipline offered by the Department of Modern Languages and Linguistics or be able to pass the FTCE subject area test.

International applicants (with a native language other than English) shall be admitted on the basis of their proficiency in the native language as long as that language is offered by the Department of Modern Languages.