Certificate of Accomplishment in English as a Second Language Teaching

The Linguistics Program offers a Certificate that can be earned by undergraduate and graduate students while they complete requirements for degrees in other disciplines. Students completing a basic teacher education program with a teaching major will be certified to teach ESL in K-12 in Montana and elsewhere. The curriculum outlined on page 201 of the current catalog constitutes a minor teaching field.

In order to earn the Certificate students must hold (or simultaneously earn) a bachelor's degree, and complete the following courses:

COURSE REQUIREMENTS
Certificate Students are required to take 24 credits as follows:
Course Number
Credits
Approx. Term
Course Title
Ling 470
3
Each Term
Introduction to Linguistic Analysis
Ling 471
3
Spring
Phonology and Morphology
Ling 472
3
Autumn
Generative Syntax and Semantics
Ling 477
or
Ling 478
3
Autumn
(in alternate years, 477 even, 478 odd)
Bilingualism

Second Language Acquisition
 
12
    
At least two of the following courses:
Ling 466
3
Autumn
Pedagogical Grammar
Ling 473
3
Autumn
Language and Culture
Ling 476
3
Spring
Child Language Acquisition
Ling 481
3
Irregularly
The ESL Professional
Ling 489
3
Spring
Languages of the World
 
6
    
And:
Ling 480
3
Spring
Teaching English as a Second Language
Ling 491
1 or 3
Each Term
Practicum (3 credits for students with a teaching major, 1 credit otherwise)
 
6
    
 
22 or 24 credits
    
Two years of a foreign language or its equivalent is required. Non-native speakers of English may have to take an English competency examination.
Click here for an ESL Certificate form in PDF format

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