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Overview
The Master of Arts in Teaching English as a
Foreign Language/Intercultural Studies (M.A. in
TEFL/ICS) is designed to prepare professional
teachers of English as a foreign language with the
knowledge and skills needed to teach in an effec-
tive, culturally sensitive way. The program also
prepares graduates to take leadership roles in the
field of teaching English to speakers of other lan-
guages in both non-English and English speaking
cultures. Bible co-requisites are given under
Admission Requirements. For international stu-
dents whose first language is not English, a score
of 100 on the Internet-based test, 250 on the
computer-based test or 600 or above on the
paper version of the Test of English as a Foreign
Language(TOEFL) is required before being admit-
ted into the M.A. in TEFL/ICS program.
Purpose
The M.A. in TEFL/ICS program is designed to do
the following:
• Prepare professional teachers of English as a
foreign language with the necessary knowl-
edge base and skills to teach in an effective,
culturally sensitive way.
• Prepare graduates to take up leadership roles
in the field of teaching English as a foreign lan-
guage.
Objectives
Upon completion of the M.A. in TEFL/ICS pro-
gram, the graduate will be able to demonstrate
the following:
• Command of the concepts and terminology of
the major divisions of descriptive linguistics in
order to be able to put them to use in the lan-
guage classroom.
• Ability to analyze ESL students’ language in
order to diagnose language learning needs
and design appropriate instruction.
• Professional knowledge of English grammar.
• Ability to teach listening, speaking, reading
and writing at novice, intermediate, and
advanced levels of proficiency.
• Ability to develop and evaluate language
teaching materials.
• Ability to plan language courses and assess all
areas of language skills for the purpose of pro-
ficiency, placement and achievement testing.
• Understanding of the dynamic cultural forces
which affect life and ministry in a second cul-
ture.
• Ability to use English teaching as a ministry.
Admission Requirements
Students must fulfill specific admission and 12
credits of foundation Bible/theology course pre-
requisite requirements prior to internship, includ-
ing MIN 5300 Foundations of Spiritual
Development, a Bible survey course, a
hermeneutics course and a theology course (see
Admissions for detailed information). Candidates
for admission who hold an undergraduate degree
in Bible, a Bible certificate or who have complet-
ed 30 hours of Bible coursework are exempt from
taking the 12 hours of prerequisite coursework.
• TEFL Core....................................................18 hours
LNG 5710 Theoretical Foundations for Language
Teaching ............................................3
LNG 5040 Methods & Techniques of Teaching
Listening, Speaking, &
Pronunciation ....................................3
LNG 5045 Methods & Techniques of Teaching
Reading, Writing & Grammar ............3
LNG 5720 Linguistics 1: Phonetics, Phonology
& Morphology.................................... 3
LNG 5730 Linguistics 2: Semantics, Pragmatics
& Sociolinguistics ..............................3
LNG 6650 English Syntax ....................................3
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MASTER OF ARTS IN TEACHING ENGLISH AS
A FOREIGN LANGUAGE/INTERCULTURAL
STUDIES (M.A. TEFL/ICS)
Course of Study