Foreign Language Education: Culture and Content Graduate Certificate

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Certificate Code: XFL

Approved 200601

This certificate provides students with an understanding of Foreign Language Education curriculum, methods of instruction, and the 6-12 classroom environments. This program is designed for students who hold a bachelor’s degree in a foreign language, or who are native speakers of a language other than English and wish to begin their preparation for the teaching profession.

This certificate leads to the State of Florida teaching endorsement for Foreign Languages.

Location/Delivery

USF Tampa

Admission Requirements

Must meet University Graduate Admissions and English Proficiency requirements.

Have completed approximately 30 credit hours of undergrad or graduate course work in the teaching fields of foreign language OR
Have native-like proficiency of the foreign language acceptable to the program faculty (e.g., Spanish, French, German, Italian, Latin, Japanese, Chinese)

Application Process

To learn about the application process, and to access the application, please review our application process.

Credit Toward Graduate Degree

Up to 12 hours of certificate course credits may be applied to a graduate degree with departmental approval.

Time Limit / Average time to Completion

Three years.

Pre-Requisites

None

Curriculum Requirements (12 Credit Hours)

FLE 6665 Current Trends in Secondary Foreign Language Education Credit Hours: 3
Select one of the following courses:
FLE 6932 Selected Topics in Second Language Acquisition Credit Hours: 3
Curriculum Materials Development: Special Project (3 Credit Hours)
Integrating Technology in the Foreign Language Classroom for Intermediate Users (3 Credit Hours)
FLE 5895 Dual Language Education Credit Hours: 3
FLE 5291 Technology in the Foreign Language Classroom Credit Hours: 3
Depending on what you would like to specialize in, you may want to choose the remaining two courses from ESOL, Second Language Acquisition, Applied Language, Foreign Language Education, Spanish, German, French, or Latin specific courses. For a representative sampling of these courses see below:
LIN 6720 Second Language Acquisition Credit Hours: 3
LIN 6932 Selected Topics Credit Hours: 1-4
Language and a Movie (3 Credit Hours)
LIN 6601 Sociolinguistics Credit Hours: 3
TSL 5440 Language Testing Credit Hours: 3
For the French Connoisseur:
FRW 5934 Selected Topics Credit Hours: 1-3
French Women Writers
African Images in Francophone Film
For the German Connoisseur:
GEW 5934 Selected Topics Credit Hours: 1-3
Fantastic Films Early German Cinema
German Popular Film
For the Latin Connoisseur:
LNW 5934 Selected Topics Credit Hours: 4
Roman Elegiac Poets (Proposed LNW 6325)
Vergil (Proposed LNW 6665)
For the Spanish Connoisseur:
SPW 5135 Colonial Spanish American Literature Credit Hours: 3
SPW 5934 Selected Topics Credit Hours: 3
Hispanic Women Writers
For the Chinese Connoisseur:
EDG 6931 Selected Topics in Education Credit Hours: 1-4
Chinese Teaching Methods
China Today
HIS 6939 Seminar in History Credit Hours: 3
History of China
For the ESOL Teacher:
FLE 6932 Theory and Practice of Teaching ELLs (proposed FLE 5340)
TSL 6253 Applied Linguistics for Teaching ESOL Credit Hours: 3
TSL 6470 Assessment and Progress Management for Teaching ESOL Credit Hours: 3
TSL 6390 Instructional Methods and Strategies for Teaching ESOL Credit Hours: 3
FLE 6932 Curriculum and Instructional Materials Development for Teaching ESOL
FLE 6167 Cross-Cultural Issues in Teaching ESOL Credit Hours: 3

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Foreign Language Education: Culture and Content Graduate Certificate

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Pre-Requisites

Curriculum Requirements (12 Credit Hours)

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