About This Program

The Bachelor of Arts in Teaching English as a Second Language program equips you with the skills and knowledge to teach English to non-native speakers. With experienced faculty, hands-on teaching opportunities, and a strong focus on language acquisition, this program prepares you for a career in teaching English abroad or at home.Read more...

Contact Information

• Program Coordinator:Ryan Hediger, Ph.D.|rhediger@kent.edu| 330-672-1741
  Sheri McMahon|smcmaho7@kent.edu| 330-672-2676
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Program Delivery

• Delivery:
  • In person
• Location:
  • Kent Campus

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Admission Requirements

The university affirmatively strives to provide educational opportunities and access to students with varied backgrounds, those with special talents and adult students who graduated from high school three or more years ago.

First-Year Students on the Kent Campus:First-year admission policy on the Kent Campus is selective. Admission decisions are based upon cumulative grade point average, strength of high school college preparatory curriculum and grade trends. Students not admissible to the Kent Campus may be administratively referred to one of the seven regional campuses to begin their college coursework. For more information, visit theadmissions website for first-year students.

First-Year Students on the Regional Campuses:First-year admission to Kent State’s campuses at Ashtabula, East Liverpool, Geauga, Salem, Stark, Trumbull and Tuscarawas, as well as the Twinsburg Academic Center, is open to anyone with a high school diploma or its equivalent. For more information on admissions, contact theRegional Campuses admissions offices.

International Students:所有的国际学生必须提供的证明English language proficiency unless they meet specific exceptions. For more information, visit theadmissions website for international students.

Transfer Students:Students who have attended any other educational institution after graduating from high school must apply as undergraduate transfer students. For more information, visit theadmissions website for transfer students.

Former Students:Former Kent State students or graduates who have not attended another college or university since Kent State may complete the reenrollment or reinstatement form on theUniversity Registrar’s website.

Admission policies for undergraduate students may be found in the University Catalog.

Some programs may require that students meet certain requirements before progressing through the program. For programs with progression requirements, the information is shown on the Coursework tab.

Program Requirements

Major Requirements

Course List

Code	Title	Credit Hours
Major Requirements (courses count in major GPA)
ENG 31001	FUNDAMENTAL ENGLISH GRAMMAR	3
ENG 31003	LINGUISTICS	3
ENG 31005	CHILD SECOND LANGUAGE ACQUISITION1	3
orENG 31009	ADULT SECOND LANGUAGE ACQUISITION
ENG 31007	PEDAGOGY FOR TEACHING ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE	3
ENG 31008	GRAMMAR FOR TEACHING ENGLISH AS A SECOND/FOREIGN LANGUAGE	3
ENG 31010	THE BILINGUAL MENTAL LEXICON	3
ENG 41003	LANGUAGE CURRICULUM, MATERIALS AND ASSESSMENT	3
ENG 41092	ESL PRACTICUM IN INTENSIVE ENGLISH PROGRAMS (ELR)2	3
orENG 41192	ESL PRACTICUM IN A P-12 SETTING (ELR)
orENG 41292	TEACHING ENGLISH AS A FOREIGN LANGUAGE PRACTICUM (ELR)
ETEC 39525	EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY	3
orETEC 47400	TRENDS IN EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY
orETEC 47403	INSTRUCTIONAL DESIGN
Writing Elective, choose from the following:		3
ENG 30050	WRITING AND RHETORIC IN A DIGITAL AGE
ENG 30051	WRITING, RHETORIC AND NEW MEDIA
ENG 30062	PRINCIPLES OF TECHNICAL WRITING
ENG 30063	PROFESSIONAL WRITING
ENG 30064	ARGUMENTATIVE PROSE WRITING
ENG 30066	WRITING IN THE PUBLIC SPHERE (ELR)
Language and Thought in World Perspective Electives, choose from the following:		6
COMM 35852	INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION (DIVG)
ENG 31006	WORLD ENGLISHES (DIVG) (WIC)3
ENG 41001	SOCIOLINGUISTICS IN SCHOOLING (DIVD) (WIC)3
PSYC 22221	MULTICULTURAL PSYCHOLOGY (DIVD)
Additional Requirements (courses do not count in major GPA)
UC 10001	FLASHES 101	1
Foreign Language (see Foreign Language College Requirement below)		14-16
Kent Core Composition		6
Kent Core Mathematics and Critical Reasoning		3
Kent Core Humanities and Fine Arts (minimum one course from each)		9
Kent Core Social Sciences (must be from two disciplines)		6
Kent Core Basic Sciences (must include one laboratory)		6-7
Kent Core Additional		6
General Electives (total credit hours depends on earning 120 credits hour, including 39 upper-division credit hours)		33
Minimum Total Credit Hours:		120

¹

Students declared in the Education minor should takeENG 31005. Students may takeENG 31009as an elective.

²

Students declared in the Education minor should takeENG 41192. Students should takeENG 41292towards the requirements for the Teaching English as a Foreign Language certificate.

³

A minimum C grade must be earned to fulfill the writing-intensive requirement.

Graduation Requirements

Graduation Requirements Summary

Minimum Major GPA	Minimum Overall GPA
2.000	2.000

• Students pursuing a B.A. degree in Teaching English as a Second Language must complete 14-16 credit hours of a foreign language through Intermediate II of the same language. Students should contact the Department of Modern and Classical Language Studies for individualized placement and advising information prior to enrolling in their first foreign language course. Students entering the university with substantial knowledge of a language should consider taking theCollege-Level Examination Program (CLEP).

Foreign Language College Requirement, B.A.

Students pursuing the Bachelor of Arts degree in the College of Arts and Sciences must complete 14-16 credit hours of foreign language.¹
To complete the requirement, students need the equivalent of Elementary I and II in any language, plus one of the following options²:

1. Intermediate I and II of the same language
2. Elementary I and II of a second language
3. Any combination of two courses from the following list:

• Intermediate I of the same language
• ARAB 21401
• ASL 19401
• CHIN 25421
• MCLS 10001
• MCLS 20001
• MCLS 20091
• MCLS 21417
• MCLS 21420
• MCLS 22217
• MCLS 28403
• MCLS 28404

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All students with prior foreign language experience should take the foreign language placement test to determine the appropriate level at which to start. Some students may start beyond the Elementary I level and will complete the requirement with fewer credit hours and fewer courses. This may be accomplished by (1) passing a course beyond Elementary I through Intermediate II level; (2) receiving credit through one of thealternative creditprograms offered by Kent State University; or (3) demonstratinglanguage proficiencycomparable to Elementary II of a foreign language. When students complete the requirement with fewer than 14 credit hours and four courses, they will complete remaining credit hours with general electives.

²

Certain majors, concentrations and minors may require specific languages, limit the languages from which a student may choose or require coursework through Intermediate II. Students who plan to pursue graduate study may need particular language coursework.

Roadmap

This roadmap is a recommended semester-by-semester plan of study for this major. However, courses designated as critical (!) must be completed in the semester listed to ensure a timely graduation.

Plan of Study Grid

Semester One		Credits
UC 10001	FLASHES 101	1
Foreign Language		4
Kent Core Requirement		3
Kent Core Requirement		3
Kent Core Requirement		3
	Credit Hours	14
Semester Two
Foreign Language		4
Kent Core Requirement		3
Kent Core Requirement		3
Kent Core Requirement		3
Kent Core Requirement		3
	Credit Hours	16
Semester Three
ENG 31001	FUNDAMENTAL ENGLISH GRAMMAR	3
Foreign Language		3
Kent Core Requirement		3
Kent Core Requirement		3
Kent Core Requirement		3
	Credit Hours	15
Semester Four
ENG 31003	LINGUISTICS	3
Foreign Language		3
Kent Core Requirement		3
Kent Core Requirement		3
General Elective		3
	Credit Hours	15
Semester Five
ENG 31005 orENG 31009	CHILD SECOND LANGUAGE ACQUISITION or ADULT SECOND LANGUAGE ACQUISITION	3
ENG 31008	GRAMMAR FOR TEACHING ENGLISH AS A SECOND/FOREIGN LANGUAGE	3
ENG 31010	THE BILINGUAL MENTAL LEXICON	3
Language and Thought in World Perspective Elective		3
Writing Elective		3
	Credit Hours	15
Semester Six
ENG 31007	PEDAGOGY FOR TEACHING ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE	3
ENG 41092 orENG 41192 orENG 41292	ESL PRACTICUM IN INTENSIVE ENGLISH PROGRAMS (ELR) or ESL PRACTICUM IN A P-12 SETTING (ELR) or TEACHING ENGLISH AS A FOREIGN LANGUAGE PRACTICUM (ELR)	3
ETEC 39525 orETEC 47400 orETEC 47403	EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY or TRENDS IN EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY or INSTRUCTIONAL DESIGN	3
General Electives		6
	Credit Hours	15
Semester Seven
ENG 41003	LANGUAGE CURRICULUM, MATERIALS AND ASSESSMENT	3
or Language and Thought in World Perspective Elective
General Electives		12
	Credit Hours	15
Semester Eight
ENG 41003	LANGUAGE CURRICULUM, MATERIALS AND ASSESSMENT	3
or Language and Thought in World Perspective Elective
General Electives		12
	Credit Hours	15
	Minimum Total Credit Hours:	120

University Requirements

All students in a bachelor's degree program at Kent State University must complete the following university requirements for graduation.

NOTE:University requirements may be fulfilled in this program by specific course requirements. Please see Program Requirements for details.

Bachelor's Requirements

Requirement	Credits/Courses
Flashes 101 (UC 10001)	1 credit hour
Course is not required for students with 30+ transfer credits (excluding College Credit Plus) or age 21+ at time of admission.
Diversity Domestic/Global (DIVD/DIVG)	2 courses
Students must successfully complete one domestic and one global course, of which one must be from the Kent Core.
Experiential Learning Requirement (ELR)	varies
Students must successfully complete one course or approved experience.
Kent Core (see table below)	36-37 credit hours
Writing-Intensive Course (WIC)	1 course
Students must earn a minimum C grade in the course.
Upper-Division Requirement	39 credit hours
Students must successfully complete 39 upper-division (numbered 30000 to 49999) credit hours to graduate.
Total Credit Hour Requirement	120 credit hours

Kent Core Requirements

Bachelor's Requirements

Requirement	Credits/Courses
Kent Core Composition (KCMP)	6
Kent Core Mathematics and Critical Reasoning (KMCR)	3
Kent Core Humanities and Fine Arts (KHUM/KFA) (min one course each)	9
Kent Core Social Sciences (KSS) (must be from two disciplines)	6
Kent Core Basic Sciences (KBS/KLAB) (must include one laboratory)	6-7
Kent Core Additional (KADL)	6
Total Credit Hours:	36-37

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Program Learning Outcomes

Graduates of this program will be able to:

1. Demonstrate their professional knowledge through projects and writing.
2. 学习和有效的教学practi演示ces that incorporate distance learning, computer-assisted learning and effective use of software.
3. Engage with diversity by defining and identifying the English language learners they are likely to serve, and by developing effective teaching strategies to teach for diversity.

Full Description

The Bachelor of Arts degree in Teaching English as a Second Language provides students with a broad understanding of both theory and practice in language studies, pedagogy and culture. Students gain mastery in implementing their skills in varied second-language teaching contexts; in addition, they can observe and participate with international learners in a state-of-the-art technology classroom.

Students who complete an optional practicum abroad may earn theTeaching English as a Foreign Language undergraduate certificate. Students can additionally work toward state teacher licensure by completing theEducation minor.

Teaching English as a Second Language students may apply early to theM.A. degree in Teaching English as a Second Languageand double count 9 credit hours of graduate courses toward both degree programs. See theCombined Bachelor's/Master's Degree Programpolicy in the University Catalog for more information.