TESOL – Graduate Degree
Earn a Master of Arts (MA) in our Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages program at Prov Downtown.
Master of Arts in TESOL
This graduate-level program can be taken as a course-based track or a thesis/project-based track. The course-based track consists of 36 credit hours of theory and practice. The thesis/project-based track includes 27 credit hours of courses plus 9 credit hours devoted to research. The project or thesis allows the graduate student to demonstrate mastery of the discipline. The project is most suitable to practitioners wishing to apply their research to work in their field. The thesis is most suitable to scholars tending towards theoretical research and looking to continue on to doctoral programs.
Program Details
Accredited by TESL Canada, Providence’s TESOL program provides students with the necessary training to teach English as an additional language in settings right here in Manitoba, throughout Canada, and around the world. At the graduate level, Prov Downtown currently offers a Master of Arts (MA) in TESOL.
Program Courses
- TESL 5010 Second Language Acquisition
- LING 5020 Syntax
- CULT 5020 Cross-cultural Communication
- BIBL 5010 Reading the Church’s Bible
- LING 5010 Morphology and Phonology
- TESL 5210 Art for Learning and Healing
- LING 6020 Sociolinguistics
- TESL 5020 Materials and Methodology in TESOL
- TESL 5110 Observation Practicum
- TESL 6010 Assessment, Placement and Evaluation
- TESL 6030 Language Curriculum Development
- TESL 5120 Teaching Practicum
Admission Requirements
- You are required to have an undergraduate degree with a minimum of 90 credits in any field and CGPA of 3.0 (B) on a 4.0 Grading scale (or equivalent). See admission requirements by country – https://www.prov.ca/programs-courses/university-college/winnipeg-campus/master-of-management/admission-requirements-for-internationals/#mm-admission-by-country
- If you are an international student, you must take an English Language Proficiency Test and have a score of 6.5 in IELTS Academic with no band below 6.0 (or equivalent). See English requirements by test types – https://www.prov.ca/programs-courses/university-college/winnipeg-campus/master-of-management/admission-requirements-for-internationals/#mm-language-by-test
Faculty
Catherine Rust-Akinbolaji, M.A.
Associate Professor of TESOL
Elfrieda Lepp-Kaethler, Ph.D.
Associate Professor Of TESOL