Graduate Certificate in TESL/TEFL

AVAILABLE ON-LINE DURING SUMMER  or ON-CAMPUS FALL & SPRING

NB: If you already have an Indiana teaching license, you can add the ENL licensure by completing our Graduate Certificate in TESL/TEFL.  Licensure will be for the level of your original license.

Certificate in TESL/TEFL* (Graduate Level)  

• 12-hour program preparing students to teach English as a second or foreign language
• may be pursued concurrently with any other graduate degree but not necessarily so
• Available via Distance during the summer, although not every course may be offered every summer. Contact Dr. Leslie Barratt.

Course Requirements:

LING 601: English Syntax - 3 hrs.
LING 520: Language Acquisition - 3 hrs.
LING 613: Teaching English as a Second Language - 3 hrs.
One Elective chosen from LING 513, LING 514, LING 515, LING 517, LING 621, and LING 792 - 3 hrs.

The Certificate can be earned during another graduate program by taking one of the courses each semester for 2 years, or it can be completed in 1 year by taking two courses each semester.

Applied Experience Requirement:

This requirement is fulfilled by doing one of the following:
1) 2 years study (or equivalent fluency) of a language that is not the student's native language
2) Experience living in a culture that is not the student's native culture (3 months minimum)
3) ESL/EFL teaching or cross-cultural experience (3 months minimum)
 

To APPLY:

If you plan to do the Certificate summers only as a distance program:

(1) Complete the online application through the School of Graduate Studies , following the instructions there. See the links there for Domestic (U.S.) and International students. 

(2) Submit official, sealed transcripts of all university-level work, both undergraduate and graduate. Both Domestic (U.S.A.) and International students should have these sent to Graduate Admissions, Indiana State University, Erickson Hall, 218 North Sixth Street, Terre Haute, IN 47809-1904. 

(3) International students should also have an official TOEFL score (minimum score 550 or computer-based 213 or iBT version 80) sent to the Graduate Admission address given above.  Other ways to fulfill the English proficiency requirement are minimum score of 6.5 on the IELTS or 440 on the GRE.  Still more, such as attendance at an English-language university, are listed in the Graduate Catalog. 

If you plan to do the Certificate alongside Master's students, additionally send to the Department of Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, Root Hall, Indiana State University, Terre Haute, IN 47809:

1. a resume including your academic and work experience,

2. a statement of purpose explaining why you are interested in pursuing graduate work in the department, and

3. three letters of recommendation from former professors, if possible, or employers who can comment on the likelihood of your success in your proposed program of graduate study.

 *Definitions from David Crystal's Cambridge Encyclopedia of the English Language:
EFL:  English seen in the context of countries where it is not the mother tongue and has no special status, such as Japan, France, Egypt, and Brazil. . . .
ESL:  English in countries where it holds special status as a medium of communication [e.g., India, Singapore]. . . . The term has also been applied to the English of immigrants and other foreigners who live within a country where English is the first language.

FOR MORE INFORMATION:  See http://www.indstate.edu/distance/eslefl-certificate_coursedesc.html or Contact the Department of Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics at 812-237-2677 or LLL@indstate.edu.