Minor in Modern Language Teaching
About This Program
The Minor in Modern Language Teaching provides foundational academic and professional preparation for students interested in teaching modern languages, as well as a framework for students wishing to pursue alternative certification after graduation. The program includes language and culture courses at the intermediate and advanced levels, as well as foreign language pedagogy courses. These are complemented by an internship component that provides hands-on training to pre-service teacher candidates.
Competencies
- Upon completion, students will demonstrate proficiency in listening, reading, speaking, and writing the language studied (communication skills, critical thinking skills).
- Upon completion, students will demonstrate intercultural knowledge and competence (social responsibility, global competence, critical thinking skills).
- Upon completion, students will demonstrate an understanding of course content knowledge (e.g., language, cultures, literatures, and pedagogy) (disciplinary knowledge, critical thinking skills).
- Upon completion, students will be able to apply academic content and learned skills to real-world experiences by having participated in experiential learning opportunities (social responsibility, career preparedness, critical thinking skills).
Curriculum
| Language Foundations | ||
| Select one from the following: | 3 | |
| INTERMEDIATE ARABIC II | ||
| INTERMEDIATE CHINESE II | ||
| INTERMEDIATE FRENCH II | ||
| INTERMEDIATE GERMAN II | ||
| INTERMEDIATE KOREAN II | ||
| INTERMEDIATE RUSSIAN II | ||
| INTERMEDIATE SPANISH II | ||
or SPAN 2315 | SPANISH FOR NATIVE/HERITAGE SPEAKERS II | |
| Select two in the same language from the following: | 6 | |
| ARABIC CONVERSATION & CULTURE | ||
or ARAB 3304 | ARABIC CONVERSATION & CULTURE II | |
| ARABIC READING AND COMPOSITION | ||
| TOPICS IN ARABIC LITERATURE AND CULTURE | ||
| CHINESE CONVERSATION | ||
| CHINESE CONVERSATION AND CULTURE II | ||
| CHINESE READING AND COMPOSITION | ||
| FRENCH CONVERSATION | ||
| READINGS AND WRITING IN FRENCH | ||
| FRENCH CULTURE AND CIVILIZATION | ||
| FRENCH LITERATURE AND CULTURE 19th to 21st CENTURIES | ||
| TOPICS IN GERMAN CULTURE & CONVERSATION | ||
| GERMAN COMPOSITION & GRAMMAR | ||
| SPECIAL TOPICS IN GERMAN STUDIES I | ||
| KOREAN CONVERSATION AND CULTURE I | ||
| KOREAN CONVERSATION AND CULTURE II | ||
| KOREAN READING AND COMPOSITION | ||
| TOPICS IN RUSSIAN LANGUAGE STUDY | ||
| CONVERSATION AND TOPICS IN RUSSIAN CULTURE | ||
| ADVANCED SPANISH CONVERSATION | ||
| SPANISH CULTURE AND CIVILIZATION | ||
or SPAN 3312 | LATIN AMERICAN CULTURE AND CIVILIZATION | |
| ADVANCED SPANISH GRAMMAR | ||
or SPAN 3305 | ADVANCED SPANISH FOR HERITAGE SPEAKERS | |
| SPANISH COMPOSITION | ||
| Teaching Foundations | ||
| EDUC 2302 | THE PROFESSIONAL EDUCATOR | 3 |
| Select one from the following: | 3 | |
| METHODS OF MODERN LANGUAGE TEACHING | ||
| TOPICS IN MODERN LANGUAGE PEDAGOGY | ||
| LANGUAGE ACQUISITION | ||
| ACQUISITION OF FRENCH | ||
| THE ACQUISITION OF GERMAN | ||
| THE ACQUISITION OF SPANISH | ||
| Internship | ||
| Select one from the following: | 3 | |
| ARABIC INTERNSHIP | ||
| CHINESE INTERNSHIP | ||
| FRENCH INTERNSHIP | ||
| GERMAN INTERNSHIP | ||
| KOREAN INTERNSHIP | ||
| MODERN LANGUAGE INTERNSHIP | ||
| RUSSIAN INTERNSHIP | ||
| SPANISH INTERNSHIP | ||
| Total Hours | 18 | |
Advising Resources
First time in college students will be advised by the AUEC.
New transfer students should email modladvisor@uta.edu before enrolling in classes at UTA.
Students with previous experience in one of the languages offered at UTA, must take a Placement Test. For more information, contact MODL Testing at modltesting@uta.edu or call 817-272-4605.
Location:
230 Hammond Hall
Email:
modladvisor@uta.edu
Phone:
817-272-3161