The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley
English as a Second Language (ESL) & Linguistics Programs College of Liberal Arts

Minor in ESL Instruction (7-12)

The English as a Second Language Instruction for grades 7-12 is available to any student from any field who would like to pursue ESL as a teaching field and fulfills ESL supplemental standards for the Texas Education Agency.  For purpose of meeting TEA standards for ESL teaching in secondary schools in Texas, these courses or their equivalent at the graduate level may be taken either all at one lever or mixed at either level.


English ESL Core - 15 hours
ENGL 3375 Introduction to English as a Second Language
ENGL 3361 Introduction to Descriptive Linguistics
ENGL 3370 Language and Culture
ENGL 3377 Methods and Assessments for English Language Learners
ENGL 4377 Practical Experience in Secondary ESL
English ESL Elective - 3 hours
Choose from:
ENGL 2315 Humans and Language
ENGL 3338 Teaching Literature to Secondary English Language Learners
ENGL 3360 Introduction to Language Studies
ENGL 3362 English Grammar
ENGL 3371 Community Language Project
ENGL 4360 Fundamentals of Language Development
ENGL 4362 Contrastive Grammar
ENGL 4370 Introduction to Border Language
ENGL 4375 Language Acquisition
EDSL 4306 Content Area Methods in the ESL Classroom
EDSL 4308 Assessment in the ESL Classroom