教育学学士-基础教育（TESOL）1-6

UMSL教育学院推出了一项新的基础教育计划，从2013年秋季开始，该计划提供了在其他语言使用者（TESOL）的英语教学中增加国家认证的P-12认可的选择。自2003年以来，移民和难民人数一直在增加。在圣路易斯地区，教室里有更多的英语学习者（ELL）。六门课程的TESOL计划将帮助实践的教师和未来的教师提高将四种语言模式整合到ELL的学术教学中的能力和信心。TESOL的六门课程涵盖通用语言学，第二语言/外语习得原理，跨文化交流理论和实践，评估应对策略，开发和实施反思性教学材料。
The BS in Elementary Education, with an emphasis in TESOL, increases competency and confidence in integrating the four language skills of listening, speaking, reading and writing into academic teaching for English language learners. TESOL courses cover general linguistics, second/foreign language acquisition principles, cross-cultural communication theories and practices, assessments with coping strategies and developing and implementing instructional materials with reflection. The instructional design for each TESOL course includes exploring students backgrounds and determining desired results using assessment strategies, enacting with or presenting the interactive activities with explicit language targets and expanding inquiry with guided reflection.<br>Teaching English to speakers of other languages (TESOL) transforms the lives of students by giving them the gift of language comprehension that will allow them to be an active participant in an English-speaking country or in careers that require English speakers. Becoming a TESOL certified teacher is the gateway to teaching English as a second language in K-12 schools by being a highly qualified teacher.