ESL 730 - Teaching Practicum and Professional Practice

Semester Hours: 3
Through this course, students will apply what they have learned and are learning about the English language, second language acquisition, and teaching methods in the classroom in ESL 721 - English Grammar, ESL 722 - Second Language Acquisition and Applied Linguistics, and ESL 724 - Teaching Methods in ESL. Students will teach classes of ESL learners and observe their classmates teach ESL classes. Through practice, observation, and reflection, these ESL teachers-in-training will begin to develop a vision and philosophy of themselves as teachers.

Pre-requisites: ESL 722 - Second Language Acquisition and Applied Linguistics or consent.

Pre- or co-requisites: ESL 724 - Teaching Methods in ESL.