NYU Steinhardt is committed to innovative and accessible teacher education. Beginning Fall 2026, every newly admitted full-time student in the MA in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages, Grades K–12: Initial Certification program will receive a $15,000 per year scholarship. Apply now and start shaping the future of education.
Help meet the rising demand for second language teachers in the US and abroad. This master of arts program prepares you to teach English to speakers of other languages. You’ll learn pedagogical strategies; build a strong foundation in language, literacy, and linguistics; and gain valuable classroom experience through student teaching placements in New York City schools, preparing for a wide range of career options.
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The MA in TESOL combines core foundation classes and content electives with fieldwork and student teaching. You’ll study teaching methods, the second-language classroom, second language research, foundations in linguistics, the structure of American English, intercultural or multicultural perspectives in education, teaching students with special needs, and adolescent learners in urban contexts, and complete a culminating project.
Elective courses focus on topics such as language assessment and evaluation, teaching second language in a technological society, and teaching second language across content areas.
Throughout your curriculum, you’ll learn:
You’ll complete two semesters of student teaching English to speakers of other languages in New York City schools at the elementary and secondary grade levels while simultaneously taking a student teaching seminar. Cooperating teachers and NYU faculty will offer feedback and guidance so you can develop and refine your teaching techniques.
As a graduate student in our program, you’ll be welcomed into a strong, supportive learning community that takes an additive view of language and culture development, and believes that multilingualism is a valuable resource. Our faculty members are recognized leaders in the field, and are always available to students both through the courses they teach as well as through individual advisement.
You'll have unique opportunities to study the interrelationship among language, culture, and learning from an intercultural perspective in the Dominican Republic and United Kingdom, or take part in other NYU Steinhardt global study programs.
This program leads to eligibility for New York State initial teaching certification for teaching English to speakers of other languages (TESOL), grades K–12, and prepares you for careers including:
Learn more about teacher certification and our degree's accreditation.
A non-teaching-certification option is also available.
If you have any additional questions about our degree, please feel free to contact the Program Director at language.education@nyu.edu.
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