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Minor in Teaching English Learners

For students admitted to a teacher education program

The minor in teaching English learners is designed for students earning an Illinois professional educator license and serving PK-12 linguistically diverse student populations who are learning English.

Completion of this minor requires a minimum of 4.5 credits (18 semester hours) of foundational and methodological coursework for Illinois licensure endorsements in English as a Second Language (ESL) and Bilingual Education.

The minor requires 100 hours of documented fieldwork in linguistically diverse classrooms, which are distributed across the six courses.
The upper-level coursework in the minor may only be completed by students admitted to a teacher education program.
In addition to completing the minor coursework, there is a state examination requirement for earning a bilingual endorsement.

Minor Courses

TEL 204 Cross-Cultural Studies in Teaching English Language Learners
(.75 credit; Fall/Spring Term; Prerequisite: EDU 104)
TEL 212 Theoretical Foundations of Teaching English Language Learners
(.75 credit; Fall/January Term; Prerequisite: EDU 104)
***TEL 317 Methods and Materials for Teaching English Language Learners
(.75 credit; Spring Term; Prerequisites: TEL 204 and TEL 212)
TEL 319 Linguistics for Second Language Learning
(.75 credit; Spring Term; Prerequisites: EDU 104)
***TEL 439 Assessment of English Language Learners
(.75 credit; Fall Term; Prerequisites: TEL 204, TEL 212, TEL 317 and TEL 319)
***TEL 448 Inquiry and Application of Bilingual Methods I
(.50 credit; Fall Term; Prerequisites: TEL 204, TEL 212, TEL 317, TEL 319)
***TEL 449 Inquiry and Application of Bilingual Methods II
(.25 credit; Fall/Spring Term; Prerequisite: TEL 448)

***Requires admittance to a program in the Department of Education or instructor permission.

Admission Requirements

Admission to the TEL minor is for Fall Term only, due to the highly sequenced nature of the coursework.
Candidates who have completed courses prior to admission should meet with Dr. Troiano to see if spring admission is possible.

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