ESL, Specific Course Requirements

Students Subsequent Endorsements ESL, Specific Course Requirements

Subsequent Endorsements ISBE Endorsement Options Bilingual Education, Specific Course Requirements ESL, Specific Course Requirements Health Education Middle Grades, Specific Course Requirements Physical Education Reading Teacher, Specific Course Requirements Technology Specialist, Specific Course Requirements World Language

English as a Second Language (PK - Grade 12) Subsequent Endorsement

If you are pursuing both the English as a Second Language (ESL) and Bilingual Education subsequent endorsements, the ISBE-Approved ESL/Bilingual Education Subsequent Endorsements Coursework Checklist will help you to identify courses that fulfill requirements for both endorsements.

This endorsement requires 18 semester hours of coursework and additional requirements below.

A valid Professional Educator License.
ESL clinical experience equal to 100 clock hours or three months of teaching experience with ESL or Bilingual Education students. The school professional you work with where the hours are conducted needs to write a detailed letter on school letterhead documenting the nature of the teaching activities, the age group of individuals in the program, the number of days/hours per day worked, etc. The school professional may also send an email to the Council at info@cote.illinois.edu from their school email account as an alternative to writing a letter on letterhead. (Emails documenting clinical experience hours must be sent to the Council on Teacher Education by the school professional. Emails forwarded by students will not be accepted.)

For clinical experience through the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, but not through student teaching, students may enroll in EIL 214, TESL in Elementary School; EIL 215, TESL in Secondary School; or CI 595, Independent Study.

A student log must be kept of time spent in EIL 214 or 215.
Instructor must write a letter describing nature of activities, age group, etc.
Log and letter must be sent to Council on Teacher Education at info@cote.illinois.edu.

Credits totaling 18 semester hours distributed among the following five required course areas:

1. Linguistics - Choose one or more of the following.

CI 507, Problems & Trends in Special Fields, 'Linguistics for Classroom Teaching' section only

LING 100, Intro to Language Science

LING 400, Intro to Linguistic Structure

EIL 422/ENGL 404, English Grammar for ESL Teachers

EIL 488, Phonology for Second Language Teachers or

SPAN 252, Introduction to Hispanic Linguistics [SPAN 302 prior to FA09]

2. Theoretical Foundations of Teaching ESL

CI/LLS 433, Foundations of Bilingual Education or

LING 489, FR/GER/ITAL/PORT/SPAN 489, Theoretical Foundations of SLA

3. Assessment of the Bilingual Student

CI 517, Bilingual and English as a Second Language Assessment or

EIL 460, FR/GER/ITAL/PORT/SPAN 460, EPSY 487, Principles of Language Testing

4. Methods and Materials for Teaching ESL

CI 477, Bilingual/ESL Methods & Materials or

EIL 411, Intro to TESL Methodology

5. Cross-Cultural Studies for Teaching Limited English Proficient Students

CI 415, Language Varieties, Cultures, and Learning

CI 446, Culture in the Classroom or

LING 450, Sociolinguistics I

Note: CI 415 is a restricted course, but will count for this area for those who are required to take the course

Electives if needed to reach 18 credit hours:

Select additional courses from above or

Other courses may be approved on a case-by-case basis