ESL 330 - 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 321 - English Grammar, ESL 322 - Second Language Acquisition and Applied Linguistics, and ESL 323 - ESL Teaching Methods, Materials, and Contexts or ESL 324 - 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 322 - Second Language Acquisition and Applied Linguistics or consent.

Pre- or co-requisites: ESL 323 - ESL Teaching Methods, Materials, and Contexts or ESL 324 - Teaching Methods in ESL.

Offered: Spring.