Students registering in post-secondary level courses (numbered 100 to 499) will be required to meet the
requirements. Students in ELS or the University Foundations programs
can register in those courses identified in the with lower levels of language
proficiency.
Please note that not all courses are offered every semester.
4 credits
Foundations of Second Language Education
Prerequisite(s): 60-university-level credits or permission of the Adult Education department.
An introductions to the historical, linguistic, and pedagogical principles, theories and research informing
TESL as a field of practice.
Note: Students with credit for TESL 300 cannot take this course for
further credit.
Prerequisite(s): 60-university-level credits or permission of the Adult Education department.
Students will apply key principles of applied linguistics to second language education (SLE) with a focus on
grammar, punctuation, vocabulary, pronunciation, and pragmatics. Students will be exposed to a range of relevant
teaching strategies.
Students will develop teaching methods and learn the concepts and skills a teacher requires to design sequenced
lesson plans with materials for effective second language instruction.
Note: Students with credit
for TESL 310 cannot take this course for further credit.
Curriculum and Assessment in Second Language Education
Prerequisite(s): None.
Pre- or corequisite(s): TESL 400 (formerly TESL 300), TESL 408, and TESL 410 (formerly TESL 310).
Students will design, align, and use curriculum, materials, assessments, and language standards to foster learning
in second language education. Students develop expertise in the use of the Canadian Language Benchmarks (CBL)
in curriculum and assessment.
This practicum component of the TESL certificate enables students to apply their studies of theory and methodology
of second language teaching and learning in an approved ESL instructional setting.
Note: Students
with credit for TESL 333 cannot take this course for further credit.
