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Teaching Languages Other Than English

Teaching and learning Foreign Languages becomes ever more important in our increasingly interdependent and multilingual world. Teaching Foreign Languages offers teachers relative autonomy and opportunities to collaborate in integrating curriculum, along with the opportunity to become acquainted with students and families from diverse cultural backgrounds.   Language is the human hallmark and multilingualism is the normal experience of most of the world’s people.

Our purpose is to prepare teachers able to meet the challenges of today’s linguistically and culturally diverse classrooms.  The Foreign Language program prepares teachers who:

• Have a solid knowledge of language, language acquisition, and culture
• Have a large repertoire of effective teaching strategies
• Have an understanding of NYS and professional standards
• Can foster ongoing assessment
• Value language and multilingualism
• Can foster integrative learning communities
  

We offer the following graduate programs in Languages Other Than English:

Masters of Arts in Teaching Foreign Languages in Spanish, Italian, French, and Latin Grades 7-12

The 39-credit MAT program leads to NYS certification in teaching a foreign language (Grades 7-12).  It includes 24 credits in Education, including study of language teaching methods, second language acquisition, linguistics, literacy for second language learners, and cultural perspectives, along with 9 graduate credits in the foreign language itself.  It also includes100 hours of field experience aligned with course assignments and a 6-credit, 14 week student/supervised teaching experience.

Post-Masters (Advanced) Certification Program in Teaching Foreign Languages in Spanish, Italian, French, German, and Latin (Grades 7-12)

The Advanced Certification program is designed for candidates who already hold a Masters degree and who wish to become certified in a foreign language.  The program includes 24 credits in Education, 100 hours of field experience aligned with course assignments, and a 6-credit, 14 week student/supervised teaching experience.

Certification in Teaching Foreign Language in the Elementary School

We offer the course EDU 5245 Teaching Foreign Language in the Elementary School every Fall semester.  This 3-credit course enables those who are certified in teaching a Foreign Language to extend their grades 7-12 certificate through K-6, by applying to NYS ED for the extension via individual evaluation upon completion of the course.

All candidates for initial certification are required to complete all relevant NYS Liberal Arts pre-requisites, including 12 credits of Foreign Language and a course in Child or Adolescent Development, and NYS certification exams.

Certification Options

• MAT-Adolescence Education (Grades 7-12) Foreign Language: French
• MAT-Adolescence Education (Grades 7-12) Foreign Language: Spanish
• MAT-Adolescence Education (Grades 7-12) Foreign Language: Italian
• MAT-Adolescence Education (Grades 7-12) Foreign Language: Latin
• CERT-Adolescence Education (Grades 7-12) Foreign Language: French
• CERT-Adolescence Education (Grades 7-12) Foreign Language: Spanish
• CERT-Adolescence Education (Grades 7-12) Foreign Language: Italian
• CERT-Adolescence Education (Grades 7-12) Foreign Language: Latin

PROGRAM FACULTY

EDUCATION:
Laurence Krute
Diane Gomez 

SPANISH:
George Castellanos
Maria Lujan 

FRENCH:
Binita Mehta  

ITALIAN:
Alessandra Hart

GERMAN:
Gabriele Wickert