M.A. TESL in Review

I've just submitted my final assignment toward my M.A. TESL degree. It feels great. This degree has been bootcamp for two years, but what a rewarding experience! I wanted to make a list of the courses  and remember some of the most important things I learned.

Fall 2011

• Foundations of ESL Teaching
• Affective factors in language learning
• Communicative Language Teaching (CLT)
• TBLT, CBI
• Intro to Language and Linguistics
• Phonology
• Teaching Assistantship Practicum (ENG 105)
• TESLers vs. Creative Writers
• TESL Practicum (German TA)
• Affective filter
• Teacher proficiency in CLT
• Professional Development
• Keep the resume short and sweet

Spring 2012

• Sociolinguistics
• Sociolinguistic relativity
• Speech acts
• Discourse analysis
• Grammar
• Everything!
• Relative clauses
• Corpus linguistics
• Listening and Speaking Methodology
• Pronunciation
• Technology
• TESL Practicum (Course for visiting scholars from China)
• Co-teaching

Fall 2012

• ESL Assessment
• Reliability, Practicality, Validity
• Item writing
• Raters
• Item analysis
• Test development
• Time management
• Reading and Writing Methodology
• Vocabulary is king
• Reading fluency
• CBI
• Teaching Assistantship Practicum (Program in Intensive English)
• Teaching styles
• TESL Practicum (Discipline-specific Writing Support)
• Course development
• Professional Development
• Flesh out the resume

Spring 2013

• Curriculum and Program Administration
• Course design and development
• Pronunciation Lab project
• Leadership
• Computer Applications in Linguistics
• Technology is the future
• Google Docs
• Leadership Skill Development
• Styles
• Strategies
• Techniques
• Writing prompts
• TESL Practicum (Volleyball-based Instruction)
• Leadership
• Classroom management
• Couse development
• Comprehensible input