Master of Education in ESL and Bilingual Education - Bilingual

Northern Arizona University

This degree program prepares candidates for a career as an English as a second language (ESL) classroom teacher, ESL resource teacher, or a teacher responsible for providing ESL instruction and support in the regular classroom or special settings. Candidates gain knowledge, skills, and dispositions for developing ESL skills across reading, writing, and listening, and for involving communities and families as partners. They will leave the program with a historical perspective of English learners in the U.S. Candidates will develop specific skills for assessing English learner proficiency and content area knowledge, as well as knowledge of various program models. They will become familiar with current research in ESL instruction and understand how theory can be structured in classroom practice to develop oral language and literacy skills of all students.

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