Department of Teacher Education and Higher Education
Post-Baccalaureate Certificate in English as a Second Language (PBC-ESL)
Designed for:
This program is designed for adult students with a Bachelor’s degree in any field and documented evidence of having studied a foreign language.
*Licensed teachers should apply to the ESL add-on program rather than to this Certificate program.
Program Description:
This certificate program is designed to develop the knowledge, skills, and dispositions to help language-minority children and adults understand, speak, read, and write English, thus preparing them to function better in American society.
Application Process:
- Applicants can obtain an application from the Graduate School
- Two official transcripts are required from every college and university that you attended.
- Three recommendations (forms available at http://www.uncg.edu/grs/prospective/forms.html) are also required, and should be submitted in sealed envelopes.
- A Residency Statement is required for applicants claiming North Carolina residency.
- Applicants are required to submit a personal statement and a copy of an updated resume.
- All application materials should be sent to
The Graduate School
241 Mossman Building
UNCG
Greensboro, NC 27402
Pre-requisites/Co-requisites:
- Bachelor's degree
- Documented evidence of having studied a foreign language
Curriculum:
- TED 523 (3) Legal, Historical and Cultural Implications of English as a Second Language
* TED 603 (3) Literacy Instruction for English Language Learners w/ practicum
* TED 604 (3) Applied Linguistics
- TED 614 (3) Word Study
* TED 618 (3) Teaching English as a Second Language w/ practicum
- Literacy in the Early Years Literacy Development and Instruction Across the Grades
Note: *New/revised courses effective Fall 2006
Contact Person:
Dr. Ye He,
ESL Program
Curry Building, Room 310
(336) 334-3452
y_he@uncg.edu