To best meet the needs of our students, we have decided to suspend enrollment in the standalone World Language Education initial certification program. We encourage you to explore our dual-certification World Language Education and TESOL degree or our non-certification World Language Education degree.
Not Accepting Applications
Students may also take Teaching World Languages to Elementary School Children WLGED-GE 2018 to extend their certification to K-6.
Total credits: 39
Time to completion as a full-time student: 4 semesters (part-time study will vary)
Content Core (3 credits)
|
Course Number |
Title of Course |
Credits |
|---|---|---|
| LANED-GE.2003 |
Linguistic analysis (required) |
3 |
General Pedagogical Core (8 credits)
|
Course Number |
Title of Course |
Credits |
|---|---|---|
| TCHL-GE.2005 |
Field Work in Schools and Other Educational Settings (concurrent with TCHL-GE.2010) |
0 |
| TCHL-GE.2010 |
Inquiries into Teaching and Learning III (concurrent with TCHL-GE.2005) |
3 |
| TCHL-GE.2515 |
Adolescent Learners in Urban Contexts |
2 |
| SPCED-GE.2162 OR BILED-GE.2103 |
Educating Students w/ Disabilities in Middle Childhood & Adolescent Settings |
3 |
Electives / Pedagogical Content Knowledge Core (9 credits)
|
Course Number |
Title of Course |
Credits |
|---|---|---|
| LANED-GE.2060 |
Second Language Evaluation and Assessment |
3 |
| TESOL-GE.2204 |
Teaching Second Languages across Content Areas |
3 |
| LANED-GE.2040 |
Teaching Second Languages in a Technological Society |
3 |
| TESOL-GE.2810 |
Research & Practice in Academic English Writing for ELLs |
3 |
| WLGED-GE.2223 |
Teaching EWL in International Settings |
3 |
| BILED-GE.2110 |
Methods of Teaching Language Arts in Literacy w/ Bilingual Approach (Spring only) |
3 |
| WLGED-GE.2124 | Advanced Chinese for Teachers of Chinese | 3 |
| WLGED-GE.2417 | Applied Linguistics in Chinese | 3 |
Specialization Pedagogical Core (10 credits)
|
Course Number |
Title of Course |
Credits |
|---|---|---|
| WLGED-GE.2069 |
Teaching World Languages: Theory and Practice (Fall only) |
3 |
| LANED-GE.2201 |
Second Language Classroom: Elementary and Secondary Schools (Spring only) |
4 |
| BILED-GE.2001 OR LANED-GE.2005 |
Bilingual Multicultural Education: Theory and Practice |
3 |
Student Teaching (6 credits)
|
Course Number |
Title of Course |
Credits |
|---|---|---|
|
WLGED-GE.2911 |
Student Teaching in WL Ed: Middle and High School (1) |
3 |
| WLGED-GE.2922 |
Student Teaching in WL Ed: Middle and High School (2) |
3 |
Social Responsibilities of Teachers (0 credits)
|
Course Number |
Title of Course |
Credits |
|---|---|---|
| TCHL-GE.2999 |
Drug and Alcohol Ed/Child Abuse Id/School Violence Prev/DASA |
0 |
Terminal Experience (3 credits)
|
Course Number |
Title of Course |
Credits |
|---|---|---|
|
LANED-GE.2206 |
Second Language Acquisition: Research and Capstone Project |
3 |
Extension to Grades 1–6 Teacher Certificate in WL (additional 3 credits)
|
Course Number |
Title of Course |
Credits |
|---|---|---|
| WLGED-GE.2018 |
Teaching World Languages to Elementary School Children (Summer only) |
3 |
All students must pass the following examinations to be eligible for NY State teacher certification:
- EdTPA Portfolio (World Language)
- Educating All Students Test (EAS)
- Content Specialty Test (CST) in Target Language
Additional New York State requirements for WL/TESOL certification:
- GRE Scores
- Major in the target language or 30 credits of study of the target language at college level or officially recognized equivalent (e.g., ACTFL test results)