Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages in Shanghai and NYC

Overview

What You’ll Learn

Throughout the Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages in Shanghai and NYC MA program offered at New York University, you will:

• Prepare to meet the national need for educators with master’s degrees while advancing your teaching skills 
• Immerse yourself in an English language environment with like-minded professionals and enhance your linguistic and sociolinguistic knowledge of English structures and varieties, and the complexity of English language usage globally
• Learn to navigate multiple cultures by investigating the links that connect language, culture, and identity, and to work with students from a variety of cultural and linguistic backgrounds
• Expand your repertoire of English teaching methodology to develop effective curricula for teaching students in kindergarten through high school
• Integrate current language acquisition theories and best practices in teaching a second language across a variety of contexts: bilingual and dual language, public and international schools, language training centers, online and in person
• Gain deeper knowledge of second and foreign language research and learn to conduct your own classroom research to continuously improve your teaching
• Become familiar with American education practices through school visits during your time in New York City

Your Academic Experience

The Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages in Shanghai and NYC MA program offered at New York University is taught in English and grounded in cutting-edge pedagogical methods from the US. You’ll learn from American-trained NYU Steinhardt faculty who have expertise in second and foreign language acquisition research and methodology and specific experience working with Chinese students.

You’ll experience your course work in three ways:

• Five on-site, in-person courses in Shanghai, typically in the evenings and on Saturdays during the Fall and Spring terms, and at varying times during the summer immersion
• Three online courses using NYU Classes, our specially designed online learning platform for synchronous and asynchronous learning
• Two on-site, in-person courses in New York City, taught over one month in a summer immersion that explores the cultural landscape of the city and lets you observe in selected schools