:: Midwest University | School of International Languages ::

In response to the ever-increasing worldwide demand for English language instruction, the mission of Master of Arts in Mission Languages is to provide students with the skills to create and deliver a high-quality learning environment and to enable Christian adults to teach English to speakers of other languages (TESOL) with the heart of a servant leader. The program will equip the students to apply such skills in any ESL/EFL setting abroad.

Objectives

Students will :

1.	Apply Christian education to all teaching and learning situations of English language study.

2.	Develop proper means to apply the teaching principles in their actual cross-cultural ministry setting

3.	Formulate a comprehensive and critical theory of intercultural ministries

4.	Demonstrate skills to create a comprehensive language learning environment for the ESL classroom

5.	Exhibit an understanding of the basic principles of second language learning

6.	Develop lessons for the various aspects of language learning by applying techniques learned in the coursework

Program Requirements

Applicants to Master of Arts in Mission Languages TESOL Program must possess a Bachelor’s degree. Non-native speakers of English are required to pass the institutional English proficiency test and an oral interview. This program leads to Master of Arts in Mission Languages TESOL consisting of 12 credit hours of core courses in Christian Education and Mission Studies and 24 credit hours of Mission Languages course work.

Core Courses
(Select 4 courses)

12 credits Hours

CE 502 Preschool/Childhood Christain Education	3
CE 504 Adolescent Christian Education	3
CE 506 Adult Christian Education	3
CE 512 Survey of Christian Education*	3
CE 603 History and Philosophy of Christian Education	3
CE 605 Theology of Christian Education	3
MI 606 Foundations of Intercultural Communications	3
MI 607 Global and Multicultural Education	3

Concentration Courses
(Select 8 courses)

24 credits Hours

ML 501 Principles of Linguistics*	3
ML 502 Second Language Acquisition	3
ML 503 Theoretical Foundations of TESOL Methodology	3
ML 504 Principles of ESL/EFL Assessment	3
ML 505 Curriculum and Materials Development	3
ML 506 Classroom Management and Observation	3
ML 507 Teaching Grammar	3
ML 508 Teaching Reading and Writing	3
ML 519 Teaching Pronunciation	3
ML 510 Internship**	3
ML 511 Second Language Acquisition Research	3
ML 512 Topics in Language and Culture	3
ML 513 Cultural Issues in ESL/EFL Classroom	3

* Required
** Required(Prerequisite: completion of five ML courses in any order)

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