Curriculum
Our 30-credit degree program focuses your course work on five areas:
- Foundations on current theory and practice in second language acquisition
- Classroom practice using cutting-edge language teaching methods across age groups and proficiency levels
- Specialized training in language assessment, technology-enhanced teaching, and current research
- Comparative exploration of language teaching in China and the United States
- Final classroom-based research project
Course of Study (For the 2024-2025 Academic Year)
Note: All courses listed below, including the summer immersion in New York City, are required.
| Term | Location | Program Details |
|---|---|---|
| First Summer | On-site at NYU Shanghai | WLGED-GE.8069 – Teaching World Languages: Theory and Practice (3 credits) |
| On-site at NYU Shanghai | TESOL-GE.8205 – Structure of American English (3 credits) | |
| First Fall | On-site at NYU Shanghai (selected weekends) | TESOL-GE.8810 – Research & Practice in Academic English Writing for English Learners (3 credits) |
| Hybrid (online or on-site at NYU Shanghai) | LANED-GE.8201 – The Second Language Classroom: Elementary and Secondary (4 credits) | |
| First Spring | Online from NYU New York | LANED-GE.8003 – Linguistic Analysis (3 credits) |
| On-site at NYU Shanghai (selected weekends) | LANED-GE.8060 – Language Evaluation and Assessment (3 credits) | |
| Second Summer | On-site at NYU New York | LANED-GE.8005 - Intercultural Perspectives in Multicultural Education (3 credits) |
| On-site at NYU New York | WLGED-GE.8914 – Workshop in Teaching World Languages (3 credits) | |
| Second Fall | Hybrid (online or on-site at NYU Shanghai) | LANED-GE.8206 - Second Language Acquisition: Theory and Research (3 credits) |
| Second Spring | Hybrid (online or on-site at NYU Shanghai) | LANED-GE.8039 - Advanced Individual Project (2 credits) |