Telitha E. Lindquist College of Arts & Humanities 179 • MENG 6260 - Seminar in World Literature Credits: (3) Electives Elective courses may be taken to fulfill the minimum 33 credit hours required to graduate if the secondary licensure is not pursued. Secondary Licensure Teaching MED 6050 must be taken prior to MENG 5210/MENG 6120; MENG 5210 and MENG 6120 must be taken concurrently. It is strongly recommended that MENG 6110 or MENG 6230 be taken prior to MENG 5210/MENG 6120. • MENG 5210 - Practicum in Teaching English Credits: (2) • MENG 6120 - Teaching Traditional and Contemporary Young Adult Literature Credits: (4) Students seeking to fulfill the secondary licensure requirements though the Utah State Office of Education must also apply and be accepted into the Master of Education (MEd) Secondary Licensure Track. For all requirements related to pursuing a secondary licensure, please refer to the Master of Education Secondary Licensure Track in this catalog and contact the MEd Program offices. A minimum of 16 credit hours will be required from MEd for licensure with additional credit in student teaching also required. Credit taken in the MEd Program will meet elective requirements for the 33 credit hour minimum in MENG. TEACHING ENGLISH TO SPEAKERS OF OTHER LANGUAGES OPTION (TESOL) Note: The TESOL Option is planned but is currently unavailable. All MENG students will be required to complete the Core Requirements as part of their degree. TESOL Foundations All of the folio wing: • MED 6250 - Second Language Acquisition: Theories and Implementation Credits: (3) • MED 6270 - Literacy Strategies for Teaching English Language Learners Credits: (3) • MENG 6005 - Intercultural Classroom Discourse Credits: (3) • MENG 6280 - TESOL Practicum Credits: (3) • MENG 6410 - Strategies and Methodology of Teaching ESL/Bilingual Credits: (3) • MENG 6420 - English Phonology and Syntax for ESL/Bilingual Teachers Credits: (3) • MENG 6450 - ESL/Bilingual Assessment: Theory, Methods, and Practices Credits: (3) One of the following: • MENG 6310 - Language and Linguistics for Teachers Credits: (3) • MENG 6320 - World Languages Credits: (3) • MENG 6330 - Literary and Rhetorical Stylistics Credits: (3) Electives Elective courses may be taken to fulfill the minimum 33 credit hours required to graduate. Course Descriptions - MENG Master of Arts in English Program MENG 5010 - Introduction to Linguistics Credits: (3) Typically taught: Fall [Full Sem] Spring [Full Sem] This course introduces students to the scientific study of language. It explores what languages have in common, as well as what distinguishes them. Students learn basic analytic techniques in articulatory phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax, and semantics and apply them to data drawn from various languages. These core concepts may be expanded and applied to other areas, such as language acquisition, language history, language and culture, language and thought, and language and literary expression. This course is designed for students with bachelor's degrees who have no upper-division undergraduate coursework in linguistics. MENG 5020 - Introduction to the Study of Language for Teachers Credits: (3) This course is designed for English teaching majors and minors. It introduces students to the nature of language and linguistics and reviews the elements of traditional grammar. This course surveys prescribed applications for prospective secondary school English teachers, including language variation, contemporary alternatives to traditional grammar, the history of English, and linguistics and composition. This course is designed for students who have no upper-division undergraduate coursework in linguistics. MENG 5050 - Grammar, Style, and Usage for Advanced Writing Credits: (3) This course presents the concepts and nomenclature of traditional grammar as a context for students wishing to increase their control of punctuation, style, and usage to become more proficient writers. Its offers practical guidance in how grammatical concepts can be applied to revising and editing one's own or others' writing to more effectively express one's intended meaning. The course is designed for students with bachelor's degrees who have no upper-division undergraduate coursework in linguistics. MENG 5080 - Critical Approaches to Literature Credits: (3) Typically taught: Fall [Full Sem] Spring [Full Sem] Summer [lst Blk, 2nd Blk] Students will study and practice critical approaches to literature. The course will begin with New Criticism and proceed to study more resistant reading strategies such as feminism, Marxism, and deconstruction. Students will not only learn the theoretical premises behind these theories, but also practice explicating various texts from a particular critical perspective. Weber State University 2015-2016 Catalog