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Language Teaching Specialization
Course of Study

Although not required, some academic background in linguistics and/or experience with language teaching is recommended as preparation for our program.

Length of Program

Five consecutive quarter terms; beginning summer term, and continuing through the subsequent summer term (15 months). For exceptions see TOEFL admission requirements under Admission Requirements. Students from universities sharing a joint program with UO begin fall term and continue through summer (12 months).

Course load:

12-13 credits per term for 60 credits total.

Required courses:

56 credit hours
[from UO Bulletin]

Linguistics and Language Teaching Courses

*Students teaching a language other than English have the option of replacing these courses with comparable courses in their language of study.

Education Courses

Electives

Students working towards an M.A. degree must take an additional 4 credits of designated elective course work. Students who have already taken any of the required courses or their equivalents, should replace them with elective course work in consultation with their advisor.  Students who have taken any of the required LTS courses at the 400 level as undergraduates may be able to have up to 15 of these units count toward the 60 unit total.

Language Requirement

Students are required to have at least two years of one foreign language within the past seven years. At the M.A. level, any foreign language is acceptable, including English for an international student whose first language is not English.

Terminal Project

All students working towards an M.A. degree with the language teaching specialization must complete a terminal project over two consecutive terms. Projects are individual. Weekly group sessions provide guidance. The project topic must be approved by the Terminal Project course instructor and the student's advisor and be presented in an LT 611 class session during the final term.

Course Schedule

Summer
LING 540 Linguistic Principles and Second Language Acquisition
LT 535 Second Language Teaching Methods
LING 594 English Grammar

Fall
LT 536 Second Language Teaching Planning
LT 537 Second Language Teaching Practice
LT 528 Culture, Language and Literature in EFL 
LT 608 Language Teaching Orientation
LT 608 Workshop: Computer Assisted Language Learning

Winter
LT 548 Curriculum and Materials Development
EDLD 630 Comparative Education
LT 610 Seminar or another elective of student's choice

Spring
LT 541 Teaching English Pronunciation
LT 549 Testing and Assessment
LT 611 Terminal Project

Summer
LT 608 Workshop: Computer Assisted Language Learning
LT 611 Terminal Project
LT 610 Seminar

XXXX Elective (as needed)

Course Descriptions, Linguistics and Language Teaching (LT)

428/528 Culture, Language, and Literature (4) 
Interaction between language and culture as it relates to second language teaching.  Application to teaching of literature.

435/535 Second Language Teaching Methods (4)
Approaches and principles in teaching second languages. Theoretical and pedagogical principles of language teaching, including focus on language skills. Prereq: LING 440/540 or LING 444/544 or instructor's consent.

436/536 Second Language Teaching Planning (4)
Application of teaching principles and practices in teaching instruction.  Practical techniques for developing learner skilsl in reading, writing, listening, speaking and related skills.  Prereq: LT 435/535.

437/537 Second Language Teaching Practice (4)
Intensive workshop and practice in language instruction. Team-teaching of weekly English as a spoken language course including designing activites and creating materials. Sequence with LT 435/535, 436/536.  Pre- or coreq: LT 436/536.

448/548 Curriculum and Materials Development (5)  Introduction to the elements of curriculum design and related materials development. A systematic basis for development and implementation of language curriculum. Practical application. Prereq: LT 436/536.

449/549 Testing and Assessment (5) 
Principles and types of language testing; focus on classroom testing. Test design and integration into curriculum. Test planning with consideration of classroom and situational variables. Prereq: LT 448/548.

605 Reading and Conference: [Topic] (1-9) 
Individual reading and bibliographic work supervised by a faculty member. Prereq: Instructor's consent.

608 Workshop: Computer Assisted Language Learning (1R)
A two-term course required to complete an MA in language teaching specialization (LTS). Weekly sessions provide technology support for required LTS courses. Prereq: Program majors. 

609 Supervised Tutoring (1-4)  Tutoring or classroom assistance supervised by a faculty member. Prereq: Instructor's consent.

611 Terminal Project (1-4R) 
A two-term course required to complete an MA in the language teaching specialization. Projects are individual. Weekly group sessions provide guidance. Prereq: Program terminal project. This is a two-term course. It must be repeated once for a total of 7-8 credits. It may be repeated up to three additional terms with advisor approval. Prereq: Instructor's consent.

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