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Degree Offered: MEd (TESL).
Length of Program: 12 semesters. Students may be full-time or part-time and may begin the program in the fall, winter, or summer.
Program Requirements: 36 credit hours (12 half-courses). Competence in a language other than English is not required. Practice teaching is required (3 units); practice teaching time is negotiable. A thesis is not required. A critical essay, portfolio or exam is required.
Courses Offered: (*required) Second Language Learning; Language Teaching Methods; ESL Materials Development; Pedagogical Grammar and Language; Assessing English Language Proficiency; Second Language Reading and Writing; Designing ESL Curricula; Advanced Practicum in ESL; Advanced Practicum in ESL II; Intercultural Communication.
Full-Time Staff: Carmen Boulter, Yan Guo, Hetty Roessingh, David Watt (coordinator).
Admission Requirements: Nonnative speakers of English must have a TOEFL score of 580 (CBT 237; IBT 93) or an IELTS score of 7.0. Scores must be submitted electronically from the testing facility and the test must have been taken within the last two years.
Tuition, Fees, and Aid: For domestic students, CAD$1,115 per half course online; CAD$609 per half course on-campus; for others, CAD$1,483 per half course online; CAF$1,217 per half course on-campus. Fees are nominal general fees, subject to change. No financial aid is available.
General: The Teaching English as a Second Language (TESL) Specialization in GDER is aimed at providing students with the theoretical knowledge, skills and awareness necessary for professional excellence for both English as a Second Language (ESL) and English as a Foreign Language (EFL) teaching and learning contexts. Programs in this field seek to meet the needs of teachers of ESL/EFL in the two streams of Kindergarten to Grade 12 (K-12) school systems as well as in adult contexts. TESL recognizes two distinct educational routes for graduate study. The course-based route (MEd, Graduate Diploma, and Graduate Certificate) focuses directly on career-oriented professionalization in the field of ESL and EFL. TESL course-based programs are offered on-campus and online. The thesis-based route (PhD, EdD, MA) is designed for individuals who are intent on making an original contribution of research to knowledge in the field. Degrees are designed for teachers who wish to specialize in the area of EFL/ESL, university graduates who are intent on establishing new career directions and for individuals who are seeking to upgrade their professional and academic qualifications to meet international standards. Our students are generally experienced ESL teachers from Canada and around the world.
The program leads to a provincial credential in TESOL.
Most of the courses noted above are available in an online format through the Blackboard course application.
Further Information:
Graduate Division of Educational Research
Education Tower 904
University of Calgary
2500 University Drive NW
Calgary, AB T2N 1N4 CANADA
Telephone: 403-220-3178
Fax: 403-282-3005
E-mail: gder@ucalgary.ca
http://www.educ.ucalgary.ca
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