English as a Second Language (ESL) Degrees
Graduates of an English as a Second Language degree, also known as ESL, can find work in the United States, as well as in foreign countries. They can be hired by school boards, as well as private language schools. A new area for English as a Second Language teachers is to work with students online. Your degree will qualify you for a career as a language instructor or tutor. You could even start your own business as an English teacher.
You could choose to focus your English as a Second Language studies in one of the following concentrations:
• Adult ESL
• K-12 Licensure
• Online International
• TEFL
Examples of the kinds of courses you would take as an English as a Second Language major include the following:
• Advanced Linguistic Analysis
• Advocate for English Language Learners
• American Film and Culture
• American Society
• Assessment Adult English Language Learners
• Basics of Modern English
• Course Design Adult ESL Classes
• Curriculum Development for ESL Education
• ESL for Adults: Oral Skills
• History of English
• Intermediate Listening
• Introduction to Adult English Language Learners
• Language and Society
• Linguistics for Language Teachers
• Materials and Methods for Bilingual Education
• Phonetics and Phonology
• Public Speaking
• Research Methodology
• Second Language Acquisition
• Speech and Drama