English as a Second Language (ESL) Supplemental Teacher Certification
ESL Supplemental Teacher Certification may be completed by any teacher certification student. Courses in this sequence will provide the necessary coursework addressing the TExES ESL Supplemental examination. Eighteen (18) semester credit hours are required for the ESL Supplemental Teacher Certification, however, 6 of these hours are already included in other teacher certification programs. Students pursuing EC–4 and grades 4–8 teacher certification may complete the ESL Supplemental Teacher Certification with only 12 additional hours of coursework.
| BBL 3023 | Mexican American Culture |
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| BBL 3403 | Cultural and Linguistic Diversity in a Pluralistic Society (Required for other EC–4 and grades 4–8 teacher certification programs.) |
| ESL 3003 | Language and Schooling |
| ESL 3023 | Second Language Teaching and Learning in EC–4 (Required for other EC–4 teacher certification programs.) |
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| ESL 3063 | Second Language Acquisition in Early Adolescence (Required for other grades 4–8 teacher certification programs.) |
| ESL 3033 | Foundations of English as a Second Language |
| ESL 3053 | Literacy in a Second Language |
| ESL 4003 | Approaches to Second Language Teaching |