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Dr. Solange A. Lopes-Murphy is an Associate Professor of Education in the Department of Exceptional Education at JMU. She serves as the faculty advisor for the TESL Program & teaches a number of courses in the program. Her areas of expertise are Second Language Acquisition, Assessment, Multicultural Education, and Language Teaching Methodology.
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PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS
The candidate needs to hold an initial teaching license or be working towards one to be endorsed in PK-12 TESL.
| Required Courses | Course Title | Credit Hours |
| SCOM 248 | Intercultural Communication | 3 |
| *READ 430 | Introduction to Reading Development | 3 |
| *EDUC 490/501 | English Linguistics | 3 |
| *EDUC 422/522 | Concepts in Second Language | 3 |
| *EDUC 425/525 | Cross-Cultural Education | 3 |
| *EDUC 428/528 | Assessment for Cur. Dev. in ESL | 3 |
| EDUC 570 | Methods of Language Teaching | 3 |
| EDUC 381 | Field Experience in ESL | 3 |
| Modern Foreign Language (intermediate level) | 6 | |
| Total | 30 |
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The courses with an (*) are foundation TESL courses and are prerequisites for EDUC 570 & 381.
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PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVES
For professional development initiatives on ESL education & information on courses, please contact lopesmsa@jmu.edu
