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
Note: All courses listed below, including the summer immersion in New York City, are required.
Term | Location | Program Details |
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First Summer | On-site at NYU Shanghai + online | WLGED-GE.8069 – Teaching World Languages: Theory and Practice (3 credits) TESOL-GE.8205 – Structure of American English (3 credits) |
First Fall | On-site at NYU Shanghai + online |
TESOL-GE.8810 – Research & practice in academic English Writing for ELLs (3 credits) LANED-GE.8201 – The second language classroom: Elementary and secondary (4 credits) |
First Spring | On-site at NYU Shanghai + online | LANED-GE.8003 – Linguistic analysis (3 credits) 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) WLGED-GE.8914 – Workshop in Teaching World Languages (3 credits) |
Second Fall | Online at NYU Shanghai | LANED-GE.8206 - Second language acquisition: Theory and research (3 credits) |
Second Spring | Hybrid at NYU Shanghai | LANED-GE.8039 - Advanced Individual Project (2 credits) |