Minor in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) K-12
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Transforming Learning for Multilingual Students

Program Overview

Teaching Multilingual Learners (TEAML)

Overview
Courses
Register
Requirements
Contact Info
801-422-3426
tedsec@byu.edu
301 MCKB

Overview

Jesus taught and ministered to people from diverse cultures and languages, treating them with compassion and equity (see Alma 9:26). He also encouraged His disciples to teach others in their native languages. In the Teaching Multilingual Learners (TEAML) minor, students will follow His example by supporting multilingual learners from immigrant families in realizing their divine potential.

The Teaching Multilingual Learners (TEAML) Minor is centered on providing multilingual education for students in grades K-12. Based on this purpose, and aligned with BYU aims, TEAML enables teachers and learners alike to succeed academically and throughout life through multilingual education and instruction.

Through this program, you will learn to:

  • Recognize the divine identity of multilingual students and their families while fostering a sense of belonging in your classroom, school, and community.
  • Use your knowledge of language development to design lessons that build English proficiency while teaching subjects such as literacy, math, history, science, literature, and the arts.
  • Connect classroom learning to students backgrounds, social experiences, and cultural identities, helping them see their capabilities and value their own ideas.
  • Exercise Christlike virtues to help multilingual students see themselves as capable and their ideas as important.

Course Requirements 
Requirement 1 - Foundations in Teaching Multilingual Learners                                                                         2.0

  • TML 400

Requirement 2 - Multicultural Education                                                                                                                      2.0      

  • EL ED 203
  • SC ED 353,
  • or CPSE 480

Requirement 3 - Disciplinary Literacy in Additional Language                                                                              3.0        

  • TML 410

Requirement 4 - Assessment and Planning for Multilingual Learners                                                                2.0  

  • TML 420
  • CPSE 420
  • ECE 336
  • or EL ED 310 and EL ED 410

Requirement 5 - Adolescent Literacy in an Additional Language                                                                         2.0       

  • TML 430
  • CPSE 430
  • ECE 433
  • or EL ED 333

Requirement 6 - Family, Home & Community Partnerships                                                                                   2.0

  • TML 450
  • or CPSE 460

Requirement 7 - TEAML Practicum                                                                                                                                 4.0

  • TML 422R


Courses can be taken in any order with practicum last.

Register for the Minor

Declare a Teaching Major

  • Go to your major academic advisement center to add TEAML as a minor.
  • Visit the Education Advisement Center for more information and materials (MCKB 175)


Program for Current Classroom Teachers

  1. Contact your district s alternative language services coordinator for information about course offerings in the 
    district.

  2. Enroll on BYU campus. Because the TEAML courses are offered on campus as evening classes (4:00 pm to 9:40 pm), students do not have to be accepted into the BYU day school to enroll. Go to 

    http://eveningclasses.ce.byu.edu for more information on how to register. 

Prerequisites

Declare a Teaching Major

Meet with an advisor in the Education Advisement Center (175 MKCB)

Graduation Requirements

  • Complete 6 TEAML program requirements.
  • Complete practicum requirement.
  • In order to receive the ESL endorsement, students are required to complete Utah State Board of Education 
    licensing requirements. 
Program Application Deadline(s): None

Testimonials

The TELL/TESOL program was very helpful because it helped me find a job. Having the confidence and ability to work with ELLs has allowed me to work at a Title 1 School, where my students are very diverse. I feel like one of the most important things that I learned in this minor wasn't about teaching strategies, but was about the attitude I had towards my students.

Samantha B.

My TESOL K-12 courses were some of the most relevant, useful, and applicable classes I took. Beyond finding them interesting and engaging, I found that the TESOL K-12 courses gave me a passion for teaching that I didn't get from other pedagogy classes. That was the start of my love for advocating for language minority students.

Ashlee B.

I learned how to adjust what I am already doing in class to fit my ESL students' needs. I learned that even though these students may not have English as their native language, they still are capable of showing what they know and learning in our classrooms.

Loren C.

I actually haven't had the opportunity to teach post graduation because I had a baby 2 months after graduation and have been a stay at home ever since with three children now. With that said, I do feel like my education has helped me as a Mom when I am teaching language! Principles that I have taken away, especially from the TESOL minor, are teaching using multiple facets.

Maren S.

Careers in TESOL K-12