TESOL at SUNY Albany

02/12/2022

English Language Community Program For Students in Albany, New York areas

The program will start on Tuesdays, February 15 (until April 5, 2022) at Humanities Building 115 at 7PM at the UAlbany Uptown Campus.

Please come join us at the English Language Communities Classes whether you are immigrants or refugee adults, English language learners, international students, or international scholars within the Albany areas.

By participating in this class, students will have an opportunity to sharpen and improve their English communicative competence. The instructors are passionate teacher candidates in the Teaching English for Other Speakers of Languages (TESOL) program who have been trained to work with adult learners and language users from different cultural and linguistic backgrounds.

All interested participants can fill out our registration form at: https://forms.gle/sqRT9QaYKEHQ63XN9.

Note: After registration, students will receive more info about the exact classrooms and free parking lot. Participants can also scan the flyer's QR code or follow the link. The classes will be delivered on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 7-9 PM at UAlbany Uptown Campus. $30 will be collected from each student for class expenses and copied materials.

Email me, Mary Dinh, program coordinator, at [email protected] if you have any questions. If you want to become an ESL teacher or teacher candidate in our TESOL program, please email Dr. Kecskes at [email protected]

11/01/2021

English course for Albany communities (Feb- April 2022)

"English Community Classes" will be taught by TESOL graduate students in our TESOL Program (Educational Theory and Practice Department, School of Education) at UAlbany in Spring 2022.

The classes are open to all UAlbany international students, non-UAlbany students, or people from all walks of life in Albany communities. There will be three levels of language proficiency ranging from beginners to advanced ones, with a focus on communicative abilities. Classes are scheduled from 7 to 9 PM on Tuesdays and Thursdays.

The classes will be face-to-face (modifications of the instructional format will be determined otherwise contingent upon the COVID 19 conditions or weather emergencies). The fee for the course is for making materials and handouts which are $30 for two months (2 sessions/week and 2 hours/session) and a free parking lot will be provided. All learning materials will be provided by the instructors.

To register for the course, students can fill out this form: https://forms.gle/82xeqEMXtcTvp7up6

Please come study English with us !!!!!!!! Contact Ms. Hanh Dinh at [email protected] if you have any questions about the courses.

Welcome to our course! Register for English language course at UAlbany taught by our TESOL graduate students from the Department of Educational Theory and Practice (School of Education, University at Albany). The classes will take place from Feb to later April, 2022 on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday...

01/25/2021

Professor Istvan Kecskes, Distinguished Professor
Educational Theory & Practice, Communication has prepared many generations of English language teachers who later work in different professional contexts regionally and internationally. Some of courses taught by him include Grammar Teaching, Pragmatics, Bilingualism, and Teaching Practicum Seminars (preparing teachers for teaching certification exams).

Check out some of his instructional platforms:

Grammar Teaching: https://albanyedu.wixsite.com/grammar

Bilingualism: https://albanyedu.wixsite.com/bilingualism

Join the TESOL program at UAlbany to reserve a seat in his class and maximize your potentials of an English language teacher.

05/14/2020

Congratulations to Beverly Beaudette for being awarded a Fulbright ETA to Belgium. She is excited to teach English, learn more about Belgian culture, improve her French, and learn some Dutch! Beverly graduated from UAlbany with a MS in TESOL and also holds a double degree from Siena College (BA French, BS Accounting). She has presented research at the NYS TESOL and the TESOL International conferences and currently teaches English as a New Language for grades K-5 in Guilderland. Beverly is interested in multilingual and multi-culturally responsive educational practices and literacy for English Language Learners. In her free time she enjoys reading, baking, and spending time outdoors in her hammock.

05/10/2020

Come and join us. Whether you want a TESOL-certification path or a non-certification path, we have a program tailored to your needs and requirements. We prepare you to become the most competitive and competent teachers in the field.

The 36-credit master's in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) (without K-12 NYS certification) provides you with the necessary skills and understandings for teaching English language learners. Coursework is grounded in teaching methods and pedagogy and includes planning, instruct...

08/09/2018

The Master of Science in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) and Master of Arts in Communication Dual Degree

(More info can be found here: https://www.albany.edu/graduatebulletin/communication_tesol_dual_ma_degree_ETAPdept.htm. All the inquiries can also be directed to the Office of Graduate Education at: https://www.albany.edu/graduate/ )

The Dual Master's Degree Program in Communication (M.A.) and Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL – M.S.) serves the interests of students who want to teach English as a second or foreign language, and who want to enrich the foundation they have for teaching a foreign language by studying communication processes as well. The program also serves the interests of students in the field of interpersonal and intercultural communication who are interested in getting overseas experience, and while there support themselves by teaching English as a Foreign Language, and to international students in U.S. institutions.

The combination of the two programs achieves greater efficiency than pursuing each degree separately, reducing the total credits required from 69 to 57. These 57 credits are distributed as follows: Common Core Courses (12); Communication Courses (21) and Teaching English as a Foreign Language Courses (24).

Common Core Courses (12 credits)

Com 575 Interpersonal Interaction (3)
Com 577 Culture and Communication (3)
ETAP 636 Pragmatics (3)
Plus 3 credits as advised (3)
Communication Courses (21 credits)

Com 502 Communication Theory and Practice (3)
Com 525 Communication Research Methods (3)
Advanced Electives in Interpersonal Interaction/Cultural Practices as advised (9)
Capstone Project – Com 698 Internship Practicum or Com 697 A and B Guided Research Project (6)
Teaching English as a Foreign Language Courses (24 credits)

Language Core (12)
Lin 552/ETAP 550 Approaches to English Grammar
ETAP 536 Second Language Learning
ETAP 652B Perspectives in Bilingual Education
One linguistics course: Lin 501, Lin 522, Lin 523, Tap 631 or as advised
Technology (3)
ETAP 634 Using Media in the language Classroom Or
ETAP 653 Language, Literacy and Technology
Research (3) - ETAP 680/681 or Thesis ETAP 699
Methodology (6)
ETAP 501 TESOL
ETAP 598 Directed Field Experience in Education (Clinic classes; two semesters for 3 credits)

The Dual Master's Degree Program in Communication (M.A.) and Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL – M.S.) serves the interests of students who want to teach English as a second or foreign language, and who want to enrich the foundation they have for teaching a foreign language by...

07/30/2018

Full Title: Language, Identity and Education in Multilingual Contexts

The LINGUIST List issue 29.3037, topic: Calls, title: Calls: Applied Ling, Lang Acquisition, Neuroling, Psycholing, Socioling/UK

07/20/2018

Full Title: 3rd Asian Junior Linguists Conference
Short Title: AJL3

Calls: General Linguistics/Hong Kong