MA TESOL SFState

Applying to graduate school is a major milestone. Find out what a MA TESOL degree can do for you.

Join our virtual open house on Wednesday, June 9th from 12-1pm PT to see if we’re the right program for you.

--Overview of MA curriculum and practical experience opportunities
--Highlights of our students' MA capstone projects and career directions
--Q & A

Please register here to receive a zoom link: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScMpGXOh7hUpoIQ4q2zf9AzmdWyRdytLPAyTuMZE-gZur9glw/viewform

The Tradition Continues -- MA English Graduate Student Virtual Conference - Friday, May 7, 2021 - Hope you can join us!

Join us for:
-21 capstone presentations on a wide range of topics and issues in the fields of Composition, Linguistics, and TESOL

-An interactive lunch-time presentation by Dr. Kevin Kelly, SF State faculty and co-author of 2 recent books Going Alt-Ac: A Guide to Alternative Academic Careers (2020), and Advancing Online Teaching: Creating Equity-Based Digital Learning Environments (2021)

-Toast to our Fall 2020 graduates

Friday, May 7, 2021 from 10:00 AM to 5:30 PM Pacific
To be held via Zoom

To get conference updates and Zoom links, please sign up here: https://forms.gle/LWx75owNBdBsL2vA9

https://sites.google.com/view/englishgradconference/home

Spring Grad Student Virtual Conference Spring 2021 Presenters

Two members of our MA TESOL faculty, Dr. Maricel Santos and Dr. Robert Kohls, recently presented at the American Association for Applied Linguistics (AAAL) 2021 virtual conference.

Thanks for representing the SF State MA TESOL program, Dr. Kohls and Dr. Santos!

This year’s recipients of our annual Gant TESOL Travel Award, Katharina Santos ‘22 and Emily Morris ‘22, share their favorite sessions from the 2021 TESOL International Association Convention.

Santos’ top sessions include:
1. Challenging Anti-Blackness in English
2. Designing Creative Writing Activities for ESL Classrooms
3. Language Aware Teaching in Multilingual and Remote Contexts
4. Cultivating Literacy in Diverse and Multilingual EFL/ESL Classrooms
5. Power of Storytelling to Create Cross-Cultural Bridges

Morris’ top sessions include:
1. Recognizing and Optimizing Language Learner Agency
2. Developing Effective Materials for Adolescent and Adult Emergent Readers
3. Teaching Civics/ESL to Immigrants with Limited English Proficiency During COVID-19
4. The Immigrant Song: Challenges SIFEs Face in Host Countries
5. Demystifying ESL Humor: Connecting Pragmatics Research, Learner Needs, and Pedagogy

https://www.tesol.org/convention-2021

At the Eng Dept's Sp 20 Writing Program Professional Development Day, Dr. Robert Kohls (MA TESOL Program) conducts a workshop with writing teachers about identifying their networks.

Looking back at more than 20 years of MA TESOL graduate student conferences.

The MA program in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) at San Francisco State University, founded in 1964, is one of the longest running of its kind.

See program website for more details
https://english.sfsu.edu/content/ma-tesol-graduate

Eng 734: Curriculum and Assessment is developing three very interesting projects this Sp20 semester - a vocational ESL class for a non profit that serves women, an intergenerational ESL class for a Senior Housing unit and a reading and grammar class for an academic context - the class discussing institutional factors.

The U.S. State Department has recognized the MA TESOL Program with an English Language Fellow Top Producing Institution Award, an award presented to five institutions that have prepared the largest number of TESOL professionals to become English Language Fellows - highly qualified and experienced U. S. educators in the field of teaching English to speakers of other languages (TESOL). @ San Francisco State University

SF State named one of the top five feeder schools for prestigious government fellowship.

Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages program recognized by State Department | SF State News San Francisco State University’s Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) program, one of the first of its kind in the nation, is also one of the top programs producing U.S. State Department English Language Fellows (ELF). The ELF program turns 50 this year and as part of the milest...

The MA program in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL), founded in 1964, is one of the longest running of its kind. This award winning program has a double emphasis:

Theoretical foundations and contemporary research in linguistics, sociolinguistics, second-language acquisition and related fields.

Classroom teaching methodology suitable for adult second-language learners.

Because our alumni go into so many teaching situations, the M.A. TESOL program does not attempt to train for one specific type of locale; instead, we provide general preparation for the teaching of adult learners in a variety of pedagogical settings.