Master of Arts in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) and Linguistics

Ball State University

The Master of Arts in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) and Linguistics combines the best of both fields into three concentration areas, allowing students to consider language development at its most basic and complex levels. Learning outcomes include a deep understanding of languages as an organized, interrelated system with multiple subsystems, the ability to apply linguistic methodologies to analyze language (English and other languages), the skills to recognize and interpret differences across speech communities in language use, awareness of cross-cultural difference and respect for diversity, the ability to conduct a scientific research project and produce a quality research paper, language teaching methods, how to plan a lesson and create teaching materials, how to assess student learning. The linguistics concentration of the MA in TESOL and linguistics includes core graduate-level linguistics coursework, directed electives, and a research or creative project.

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