These 1-credit courses are offered every semester.  M.S.Ed.-TESOL students are required to take all three in sequence; in exceptional cases, a student may be allowed to take more than one at a time.

The courses have several purposes:

 1) To examine important current issues in the field of TESOL

  2) To provide experience in identifying and analyzing TESOL issues.

 3) To give practice in using major channels of communication in TESOL. 

4) To stimulate the development of research interests.

Reading Materials

An important source of input will be the TESoL  electronic discussion forum. Students are also expected to show knowledge of course textbooks and other materials, as appropriate.

Course Requirements & Rules

·  You are expected to join the TESOL Masters Forum, if you are not already a member

·  You are expected to participate in   discussion forums.   Your participation must be timely, and will be evaluated in terms of quantity, quality, and relevance.

Timely: Unlike our other courses, the forums in Current Issues are time-sensitive. In order to accomplish the purpose of these forums, you must participate along with your classmates. 

Quantity: Your postings must be long enough to provide useful input for your classmates, who are counting on you to be a productive team member.

Quality: All postings are expected to be original, well reasoned, and written in acceptable standard English.

Relevance: Your classmates will appreciate postings that are to the point. There will be a lot of postings to read, so off-topic messages should be delivered through personal email rather than in the forums.

·  Discussions will focus on topics from the following sources.  

  Material from TESOL Forum

  Material related to TESOL 401 AND  LIN 402   

·  These are only 1-credit courses, and the amount of work that is expected takes this into account. For most students, 1 or 2 hours a week should suffice to do acceptable work. However, work will be judged on its merits, not on the basis of time spent.