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Special Endorsements

English as a Second Language (ESL)

Content Area Teachers Overview:

This ESL endorsement, for subject content area certificates (excluding English), is valid for service as a teacher of Limited English Proficient students receiving instruction in a Secondary History/Social Studies, Math, or Science classroom.

Requirements for Subject Content Area Teachers (Secondary History/Social Studies, Math, and Sciences)

Coursework required for ESL Endorsement:

Curriculum and Methods for ESL Program

EDC 516

Teaching English as a Second Language

3

Second Language Assessment & Evaluation:  Theories of First & Second Language Acquisition

LIN 420

Second Language Acquisition

3

Socio-Cultural Foundations of ESL Education

COM 361
or
LIN 320

Intercultural Communications
or
Sociolinguistics

3

Total must equal nine (9) semester hours of coursework.

TOTAL

9

  • For course availability please see Dr. JoAnn Hammadou or current ecampus course schedule, as courses are not offered every semester
  • Students interested in completing coursework for this endorsement and proper assignment of an ESL advisor can contact us @ (401) 874-5930 or the:

Office of Teacher Education

701 Chafee Building

University of Rhode Island

Kingston, RI  02881

  • Note, Subject Content Area teachers seeking ESL Endorsement are NOT required to complete a practicum.

Requirements for ESL Endorsement

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