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Diploma
Certificate
Win an English certificate as a second language (ESL) online with this four -dishes' 12 credits program.
Applicants who already have an initial Massachusetts license in another field will receive the initial license in ESL once they pass the Mtel ESL and the teacher evidence 150 hours of teaching in an ESL framework.
This program does not provide approval but allows candidates to request approval directly from the primary and secondary education department.
The program can be completed as little as a year.
Required lessons (12 credits)
- EDU 651 Language, culture and linguistics
- EDU 652 Current sociolinguistic problems in Tesol
- EDU 653 language acquisition theories – Implications for teaching
- EDU 654 Experience in the field: methods and material for language teaching
* The course schedules are likely to change
Descriptions, times and requirements of the course
Mtels
To win a license, candidates must pass the following Mtel tests:
- English as a second language
Provisional license
You will be eligible for a provisional license from Massachusetts in English as the second language (ESL) after finishing the Mtel concerned for the license.
Initial license
If you are an educator with an initial license in Massachusetts, you will be eligible for an initial license in ESL once you have succeeded in the Mtel ESL and the teacher evidence 150 hours of teaching in an ESL setting.
Applicants who are teachers not my must already have a license in their country of origin which is equivalent to an initial MA license.
Research
Demand requirements
- Submit a graduate request (select the online modality to see the program)
- Baccalaureate of an accredited university with a minimum of 3.0 GPA
- Personal declaration describing your beliefs on teaching and learning and why you have chosen teaching as a profession
- resume
- $ 60 request fees
For Massachusetts teachers
- Submit a copy of a teaching license or proof of one -year teaching experience described in your test if you do not have a MA teaching license.
For teachers outside the state
- Submit teachers of initial license or more in your state.
Add an approval from English as a second language (ESL) to your existing (or in progress) initial license Massachusetts.
Faculty of Prék-12 of English as a second language (ESL)
Learning style: online
Online courses are provided by the Umass Dartmouth faculty to provide high -quality instructions and personal attention. Students have flexibility to adapt to the responsibilities of work and the house in the structure of defined deadlines. The majority of our online courses are taught asynchronously.

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