SMU’s Annette Caldwell Simmons School of Education and Human Development offers four courses that prepare teachers to take the TExES English as a Second Language (ESL) supplemental certification exam. These courses may also be applied toward SMU’s 36-credit-hour Master of Education (M.Ed.) with an area of interest in ESL.
Courses
The four courses (12 credit hours) required for the ESL area of interest are:
- EDU 6312 Applied Linguistics
- EDU 6317 Culture and Community in Education
- EDU 6320 Language Teaching Research, Theory, and Practice
- EDU 6390 Classroom Instruction and Assessment for Language Learners