Linguistics, Option in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL), B.A.

This degree is approved for distance education by the WSCUC.

This program is designed for students who are interested in teaching English to speakers of other languages. The program provides a broad foundation in linguistic theory related to sound and grammar systems, typology, language acquisition, and second language teaching methods. This is not a credential program for public school teaching.

Core Courses (22 units)

LING 101 - Introduction to the World’s Languages (3 units)
LING 170 - Introduction to Linguistics (3 units) (or ANTH 170 )
LING 300 - Professional Development for Linguists (1 unit)
LING 325 - Modern English Grammar (3 units)
LING 329 - Introduction to Language Acquisition (3 units)
LING 420 - Phonology (3 units)
LING 421 - Syntax (3 units)

3 units in Sociocultural aspects of language.

Take one of:

LING 379 - Sociolinguistics (3 units)
LING 413 - Language and Culture (3 units) (or ANTH 413 )
LING 477 - Language Socialization (3 units)

TESOL Option-Specific Requirements (9 units)

LING 450 - Teaching Second Language Listening and Speaking (3 units)
LING 460 - Teaching Second Language Composition (3 units)
LING 486 - Second Language Teaching Methods (3 units)

Electives

Take four additional LING courses (12 units) at the 300 or 400 level.

Excluding LING 339.

ASLD 306, EDSS 300F and EDSS 300G may also be used towards this requirement.

At this time, the courses fulfilling this requirement include the following:

LING 301 - Introduction to Research Methods (3 units)
LING 310 - Morphology of English (3 units)
LING 360 - The Languages of Africa (3 units)
LING 363 - Implications of Human Language (3 units)
LING 375 - Spanish in the US (3 units)
LING 379 - Sociolinguistics (3 units)
LING 401 - Corpus Linguistics (3 units)
LING 413 - Language and Culture (3 units)
LING 422 - Discourse Analysis (3 units)
LING 423 - Semantics (3 units)
LING 424 - Laboratory Phonetics (3 units)
LING 425 - Education Across Cultures (3 units) (or ANTH 421 )
LING 426 - History of the English Language (3 units)
LING 438 - Psycholinguistics (3 units)
LING 470 - Language and Gender in Cross-Cultural Perspective (3 units) (or ANTH 475 )
LING 472 - Language and Social Justice (3 units)
LING 477 - Language Socialization (3 units)
LING 490 - Selected Topics in Linguistics (1‑3 units)
LING 499 - Directed Studies in Linguistics (1-6 units)
ASLD 306 - American Sign Language Linguistics (3 units)
EDSS 300A-S - Introduction to Teaching (3 units)

Language Requirement (0-16 units)

Students must complete a fourth semester level course, or demonstrate equivalent proficiency, in a language other than English. Alternatively, a student may complete two second semester level courses in two different languages, including at least one language from outside the Indo-European family. A list of applicable courses may be obtained from the undergraduate advisor. This may require 0-16 units of coursework, depending on the language studied and the student’s initial placement level. Students with prior language experience can pass all or part of the language requirement by examination or other evidence.