Boston College LSOE offers a certificate in Teaching English Language Learners. Candidates should be working toward a licensure in an education field (early childhood, elementary, secondary, reading and others). This program is designed to prepare mainstream teachers to work with bilingual learners/English Language Learners in their mainstream classroom settings. The certificate requires two courses and a free non-credit workshop taken during one of the field experiences. In addition, candidates need to do a field experience in a classroom that includes bilingual learners.
Candidates interested in also obtaining an ESL licensure should take the ESL MTEL test and apply individually to the Mass Department of Education. For further information contact Dr. Mariela Paez (paezma@bc.edu), Lynch School of Education.
Courses
ED 346 Teaching Bilingual Students (elementary or secondary section) (Fall, Spring, Summer)
ED 621 Bilingualism, Second Language and Literacy Development (Summer, Fall, Spring) [to be taken during senior year]
Workshops leading to certification as a Certified MELA-O Administrator (offered in fall/spring as free non-credit 10-hour training over two Saturday sessions).
Field Experience
ED 151/152 or 153 Pre-Practicum Experience (or equivalent) in a classroom with bilingual learners. (Preferably taken the same semester as ED 346)
Additional recommended courses
- SL 378/RL495 Second Language Acquisition (Fall)
- SL 362/EN122/SC 362 Language and Society (Fall, biennially)
- SL279/EN123 Language and Ethnicity (Spring, biennially)
- SL323/EN121The Linguistic Structure of English (Fall, biennially)
- SL367/EN127 Language and Language Types (Spring, biennially) (prerequisite SL 311 or another Linguistics course)
For further information contact Dr. María Estela Brisk (brisk@bc.edu) or Dr. Mariela Paez (paezma@bc.edu), Lynch School of Education.
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