Teaching English
as a Second Launguage Major
（英語教授法学専攻）
Hawaii
Pacific Univesity - Communication (コミュニケーション学）
Linguistic theory courses taught from
an applied viewpoint help the TESL student better understand
languages in general, and English in particular.
Pedagogy courses present a wide range of current approaches,
methods, and techniques for teaching language in a wide variety
of contexts. In these classes, teaching demonstrations and
videotaped peer practice sessions are used extensively.
Practicum courses allow the future teacher to observe master
teachers, serve with them in the classroom as assistants,
and finally assume full class responsibility themselves as
practice teachers.
Program
Objectives
Upon completion of the TESL program, students will have a basic
understanding of language variation, language acquisition, and TESL/TEFL
methodology. They will have had experience in observing, participating
in, and assisting ESL teachers in their classrooms. They will be
able to design creative and practical ESL lesson plans, taking into
account the linguistic cultural and educational backgrounds of the
students. Finally, they will be able to teach and evaluate the effectiveness
of their teaching. This general statement of the program objectives
can be broken down in detail as follows:
Students will demonstrate excellence in their verbal and written
English skills.
Students will be able to analyze
various aspects of English pronunciation,
syntactic constructions of English sentences, and
pronunciation and syntactic errors.
Students will be able to use basic terminology from the subfields
of linguistics to discuss issues related to language learning
and teaching.
Students will demonstrate an understanding of the stages, complexities,
and current models of first and second language acquisition.
Students will understand how language variation is affected
by social class, ethnic group, gender, context, geography, history
and contact with other languages.
Students will be able to articulate how sociolinguistic and
psycholinguistic theory interact with second language learning
and teaching.
Students will demonstrate proficiency in the following teaching
tasks:
critical evaluation of ESL or EFL texts,
preparation and evaluation of lessons, tests, and assignments,
correction of errors, and
appropriate response to student needs in a given class.
Students will develop a professional approach to teaching which
demonstrates the ability to develop and implement appropriate
instructional plans and the capacity for self-reflection and self-critique.
Bachelor
of Arts
Major: Teaching English as as Second Language
GENERAL
EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS (42-44 semester credits)
Public Speaking (unless waived by TESL Coordinator)
MODERN
LANGUAGE REQUIREMENTS (16 semester credits)
Four semesters
of the same modern language: CHIN, FR, GRM, HAWN, JPE, or SPAN.
Note: At least the last
semester of language must be taken after AL
2000. If exempted from the language requirement, one semester
(4 credits) of any new language must still be taken after AL
2000.
The Contemporary Choices; or another values course (e.g.,
ENVS
3000 Science and the Modern Prospect; or PHIL
4501 Reordering of Social Values; or HUM
3100 Alternative Futures)
Plus two
upper-division electives from Applied linguistics (AL) and a third
chosen from the following: AL (any), LIT (3000+), ANTH
3700, PHIL
4721, PSY
3110, PSY
3134, SOC
3380, SOC 3601 or an ESL-related course cleared through the TESL
academic coordinator.
