| ELT501 Advanced English Grammar (3-0-3) Examines the structure, function and meaning of contemporary English. Discusses issues relative to descriptive/prescriptive approaches to language and ESL instruction. |
| ELT503 Contrastive Linguistics (3-0-3) Compares and contrasts English and Arabic phonology, morphology, syntax and semantics. Promotes a functional approach to language to demonstrate the applications of contrastive linguistics to ESL teaching. |
| ELT505 Culture and the Language Teacher (3-0-3) Investigates how identities, values, assumptions, behaviors and communication styles affect teaching and learning a second language. Analyzes methods and approaches for cross-cultural research. |
| ELT510 Research Methods and Academic Writing (3-0-3) Develops students’ academic writing competencies and research skills. Introduces students to quantitative and qualitative research methods and teaches them how to conduct and report research. |
| ELT511 Linguistics for ESL Teachers (3-0-3) (Formerly ENG 511). Focuses on areas in linguistics relevant to ESL teachers. Explores ways of utilizing research and generalizations derived from linguistics to inform ESL teaching practice.
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| ELT513 Language Acquisition and Development (3-0-3) Surveys theories of first and second language acquisition. Analyzes the strategies and factors involved in acquiring language. Studies the relationship between linguistic and cognitive development and explores how research in this area can be used effectively in the ESL classroom. |
| ELT515 Methods and Curriculum Design (3-0-3) Examines traditional and contemporary approaches to English language teaching. Various aspects of classroom practice are analyzed, including teacher and learner roles, classroom management, and integrated versus separate teaching of the language skills. |
| ELT517 Curriculum and Material Development (3-0-3) Introduces students to the principles of ESL course design. Examines the stages of developing and evaluating learning centered curricula and materials. Prerequisite/corequisite: ELT 515. |
| ELT521 Reading and Writing in ESL (3-0-3) Discusses various theoretical models dealing with teaching literacy skills in a second language to children and adults. Explores ways to adapt and apply these models for effective ESL instruction. Prerequisite: ELT 510. |
| ELT523 Bilingual Education (3-0-3) Reviews different models of bilingual education and issues in bilingualism. Discusses how to achieve a balanced bilingual education system by examining the challenges posed by cultural and linguistic diversity in a bilingual education setting. |
| ELT531 Sociolinguistics (3-0-1) Studies the relationship between language, society and culture. Investigates the implications of sociolinguistic research for ESL teachers. Prerequisite: ELT 510. |
| ELT551 Language Testing and Evaluation (3-0-3) Covers the fundamental goals, principles, standards and uses of language assessment and language assessment research. Reviews the factors involved in assessing proficiency in second language skills and in selecting appropriate testing instruments and evaluation tools. Prerequisite/Concurrent: ELT 515. |
| ELT553 Technology in the ESL Curriculum (3-0-3) Introduces a wide range of current applications of technology in the ESL classroom. Focuses on creating innovative and effective ESL learning and teaching environments using computers and other educational technologies. Prerequisite/Concurrent: ELT 515. |
| ELT611 Classroom Research (3-0-3) Reviews ESL classroom-based research as a means of understanding how ESL instruction and learning take place. Discusses research topics such as teacher talk, wait time, conversational repair, error correction, learning strategies and feedback. Prerequisite: ELT 510. |
| ELT619 Practicum (1 to 3 credits) Provides the opportunity to observe, explore and implement effective ESL teaching strategies. Involves weekly seminars in which the students discuss their classroom experiences and reflect on their personal growth as ESL teachers. Prerequisite: ELT 551. |
| ELT693 Matriculation Continuation (0-0-0) Registers matriculating students in the graduate program who are not registering for two consecutive semesters (excluding summer session). Such students are required to register for this course in their second semester out in order to hold their seat in the program. Failure to do so will result in the loss of their admission and will require them to reapply to the program. Cannot be repeated more than two times. This course does not generate credits for graduation. Tuition charged is equivalent to one graduate credit. |
| ELT694 Special Topics in Applied Linguistics (1 to 4 credits) Explores a theoretical or practical topic proposed by the faculty beyond what is offered in existing courses. Prerequisites: topic specific. |
| ELT696 Independent Study in ESL (1 to 4 credits) Requires a theoretical or practical project initiated by an individual student and conducted under faculty supervision beyond what is offered in existing courses. Cannot be repeated more than once. Prerequisite: permission of program director. |
| ELT699 Master's Thesis (2 to 6 credits) Requires students to complete individual and original research work on a topic related to some aspect of TESOL that addresses both theoretical and practical aspects of ELT. The thesis is supervised by the thesis faculty supervisor and is defended to the satisfaction of the committee of three faculty members. Graded as Pass/Fail. |
