If you’re passionate about intercultural communication and want the credentials to teach English anywhere in the world, a degree in TESOL (Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages) is right for you. Goshen College is one of the few colleges in the United States to offer a TESOL major, minor and K-12 teaching license. Our TESOL major emphasizes the importance of a global perspective, the power of language and the ability of story to connect people.
At GC, you’ll learn about linguistics, education and intercultural studies, and you’ll have plenty of opportunities to gain real-world tutoring and teaching experience. Paired with an education degree, GC’s TESOL program will give you the necessary skillset and license to work with English language learners at the elementary or secondary level. In addition, you’ll get to travel abroad through our semester-long Study-Service Term to a developing country and teach English. TESOL graduates have landed English teaching jobs all over the globe: in U.S. public schools, adult education centers, and in schools from Paraguay to Egypt to Japan.
Three Goshen College students, Emily Sandler, Vianey Latisnere Reinada and Shelbey Younts, have been named 2021 Outstanding Future Educators by the Indiana Association of Colleges for Teacher Education (IACTE).
This past year, Goshen College offered an 11-month program for full-time teachers to get an English Learner’s license, also known as TSOL or ENL. The license provides teachers with background of how a second language develops. Teachers learn specific strategies for instruction, assessment, and identifying areas of concern.
The first cohort of teachers in Goshen College’s new English learner’s (EL) license program returned to their classrooms with a new set of tools to better serve students whose first language is not English.
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Anastasia Stevens ’24 has a passion for languages and wants to use her linguistics skills to help others.
Anastasia's storyAs a child, Isis Espinoza ’24 learned English with help from her teachers, now she wants to do the same for others.
Armarlie Grier, a 2016 graduate of English writing from Rockford, Illinois, calls herself a xenophile—a person who is attracted to foreign cultures. That’s why she minored in international studies, philosophy and TESOL.
Armarlie's storyEdgar Saucedo attended Goshen College as an undergraduate student and earned a B.A. in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL). In 2014, he earned a Master of Arts in Intercultural Leadership at GC.
Edgar's storyRachel Smith, a 2001 graduate, combined her interests to create a linguistics website that teaches American English pronunciation.
Rachel's storyMohamed Meissara graduated in 2013 with a TESOL major. He came to Goshen College from Mauritania as a Fulbright Scholar, but he was also a soccer player, a leader, a Muslim and a peacemaker.
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