CTL: Language and Literacies Education MEd; Field: Language Teaching

Within the existing Master of Education (MEd) degree program, the field in Language Teaching includes a structured focus on language teaching foundations. Language Teaching integrates an engagement with scholarly research in Language and Literacies Education with a commitment to excellence in teaching to support graduate students as novice language teachers. Students pursuing this field will graduate with: (a) a solid theoretical and intellectual grounding in LLE research; (b) a course-based, practitioner focus on language teaching foundations; and (c) gained practical experience in a language-education context through a required practicum.

This program is delivered in person, which means that while the program may offer some courses online, a student will take less than one-third of their courses online.

This field is only available on a full-time basis. Priority will be given to novice teachers with less than a year of teaching experience. This field will not lead to Teaching English as a Second Language (TESL) Ontario certification nor to the Certificate of Qualification and Registration with the Ontario College of Teachers.

Field: Language Teaching

Minimum Admission Requirements

  • Applicants are admitted under the General Regulations of the School of Graduate Studies, which specify an appropriate bachelor's degree from a recognized university, with the equivalent of a University of Toronto mid-B or better in the final year. Applicants must also satisfy the Department of Curriculum, Teaching and Learning's additional admission requirements stated below.

  • Normally, applicants should have at least one year of professional experience prior to applying. Previous classroom teaching experience is not a requirement.

  • Responses to Faculty questions in the online admissions application: applicants should state the reasons they wish to study language and literacies in education at the graduate level. For detailed information on answering the Faculty questions and completing the application, applicants should visit the Language and Literacies in Education MEd Field in Language Teaching degree program web page.

Completion Requirements

  • Coursework. Students must successfully complete a total of 5.0 full-course equivalents (FCEs) as follows:

    • All students in this field must take the following three courses (1.5 FCEs):

      • CTL3002H Second Language Teaching Methodologies

      • CTL3010H Second Language Learning

      • CTL3796H LLE Practicum for MEd Field in Language Teaching

    • Students must then choose any two of the following courses (1.0 FCE):

      • CTL3000H Foundations of Bilingual and Multicultural Education

      • CTL3003H Planning and Organizing the Second Language Curriculum

      • CTL3008H Critical Pedagogy, Language, and Cultural Diversity

      • CTL3013H Language Assessment

      • CTL3020H Writing in a Second Language

      • CTL3039H Academic English Research and Acquisition

      • CTL3101H Language Awareness for Language Educators

    • The remaining 2.5 FCEs can be elective courses taken towards the requirements of a collaborative specialization if applicable, or courses offered within the Department of Curriculum, Teaching and Learning or other departments at OISE or the University of Toronto.

Mode of Delivery: In person
Program Length: 4 sessions full-time (typical registration sequence: FWS-F)
Time Limit: 3 years full-time

 

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