Secondary Education, M.A.T., Foreign Languages Concentration (Traditional Program)

This program is for those with a baccalaureate degree and undergraduate coursework in a foreign language who seek an Illinois secondary education certificate. Candidates will be eligible for a Foreign Language Certification (Type 10, K–12) with a designation in a specific language. Visit Certifications and Endorsements at NLU for more details.

In addition to National College of Education Graduate Admissions Requirements applicants must:

• Submit official scores from the Miller Analogies Test
• Pass the Test of Academic Proficiency (TAP)
• Have a grade point average of 3.0 in the last 60 hours of coursework
• Choose a foreign language designation from one of the following: Chinese (Cantonese), Chinese (Mandarin), French, German, Hebrew, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Latin, Russian or Spanish
• Have a grade point average of 3.0 or better in foreign language designation coursework
• Have 32 semester hours of coursework in foreign language designation (12 semester hours of upper division)
• Pass the ACTFL foreign language oral proficiency exam (advanced-low)

In addition, the Foreign Language endorsement requires that candidates fulfill all of the following areas in the designated language:

• Pass the foreign language designation test
• Beginning Language I &II
• Intermediate Language I & II
• One course in each of the following areas:
  • Grammar and Composition
  • Introduction to Literature
  • Introduction to History and Culture

This degree requires:

• 32 SH
• An internship
• That candidates choose 6 SH of electives from one of the following areas: Reading, ESL, Middle Level or Special Education (see tables below)

Required Courses

MAT Core - 8 SH

FND504	History and Philosophy of American Education
ESR514	Research in Action: Becoming Practitioner Researchers
EPS511	Human Learning and Development in Instructional Contexts

Secondary Education – Foreign Language Requirements - 18 SH

SEC502	Introduction to Teaching at the Secondary Level
SEC525	American Urban Education
SPE500	Introduction to Exceptional Children and Adolescents/Special Education
SEC522	Classical Language Methodology
	or
SEC524	Communicative Language Teaching in the Foreign Language Classroom
	and
SEC590F	Student Teaching Secondary Education Foreign Language

Secondary Education – Reading Electives - 6 SH

Choose 6 SH from the following

RLR502	Teaching Comprehension and Content Reading
	or
RLR503	Teaching Content Area and Advanced Reading
	and
RLL522	Adolescent Literature
	or
RLL528	Survey of Multicultural Literature K-12

Note: If needed to equal 6 SH, a Reading Elective can be chosen under advisement

Secondary Education – ESL Electives - 6 SH

CIL500	Foundations of ESL and Bilingual Education
CIL505	Methods and Materials for Teaching English as a Second Language

Secondary Education – Middle Level Electives - 6 SH

MLE500	Middle School: An Overview
MLE502	Middle Level Curriculum

Secondary Education – Special Education Electives - 6 SH

Choose two courses from:

SPE501	Educational and Diagnostic Assessment of Exceptional Children and Adolescents
SPE506	Frameworks and Perspectives in Special Education
SPE507	Social/Emotional Development and Teaching and Support
SPE527	Individualized Curriculum and Instruction

The following courses are required for certification.

Candidates may become certified prior to completion of the M.A.T. degree, and have six years from the beginning of coursework to complete the degree. Candidates are strongly advised to complete the degree.

FND504	History and Philosophy of American Education
EPS511	Human Learning and Development in Instructional Contexts
SPE500	Introduction to Exceptional Children and Adolescents/Special Education
SPE502	Language Development and Challenges in Children and Adolescents
SEC522	Classical Language Methodology
	or
SEC524	Communicative Language Teaching in the Foreign Language Classroom
SEC590F	Student Teaching Secondary Education Foreign Language