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Foreign Language Teaching (Graduate Certificate) at Michigan State University

Michigan State University, United States

Programme overview

The Graduate Certificate in Foreign Language Teaching serves current and aspiring language educators through a distance-based model grounded in applied linguistics. Students explore contemporary proficiency-based approaches to teaching any world, heritage, indigenous or classical language, and the certificate is available to students enrolled in MSU master's or doctoral programmes.

Faculty: College of Arts and Letters  |  Duration: 10 credits  |  Study mode: full-time  |  Location: East Lansing, MI, United States

What you will study

Students complete one of FLT 807 Foreign Language Teaching Methods or FLT 817 Foreign Language Program Development and Administration, two courses from options including Assessment, Teaching Culture, Foreign Language Acquisition and Teaching Foreign Language with Technology, and FLT 898, culminating in a web-based comprehensive teaching portfolio. Students must maintain a cumulative GPA of at least 3.5.

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Application information

Entry requirements

Online application with academic and personal statements; three letters of recommendation from instructors or supervisors; applicants whose native language is not English need a minimum TOEFL iBT of 100 or IELTS of 7.5.

Tuition is charged per credit, so the total depends on the modules you register for each year. Current fees are listed in the official fee schedule.

Duration: 10 credits

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