Option I: 30-Hour Program with Thesis

	18 hours of required courses: 5080 Teaching Methods in ESL 5300 Phonology 5310 Syntax 5060 Second Language Acquisition or LING 5390 Psycholinguistics 5090 Pedagogical Grammar 5340 Practicum in ESL
	6 hours of elective LING courses
	Master’s thesis (including 6 hours of LING 5950)
	Thesis defense

Option II: 30-Hour Program with Scholarly Papers

	18 hours of required courses: 5080 Teaching Methods in ESL 5300 Phonology 5310 Syntax 5060 Second Language Acquisition or LING 5390 Psycholinguistics 5090 Pedagogical Grammar 5340 Practicum in ESL
	6 hours of elective LING courses
	2 original scholarly papers (6 hours of LING 5920)
	Papers defense

Option III: 36-Hour Program with Written Examination

	18 hours of required courses: 5080 Teaching Methods in ESL 5300 Phonology 5310 Syntax 5060 Second Language Acquisition or LING 5390 Psycholinguistics 5090 Pedagogical Grammar 5340 Practicum in ESL
	18 additional hours of elective LING courses
	Comprehensive examination

Option IV: 36-hour program with Professional Development Project

Dual degree program with UAEM in Toluca, Mexico.
Students approved for Option IV will take their second year of course work at UAEM.
Prerequisite before entering the degree program: Students must complete LING 5040 with a B or higher.

Course Requirements: First Year (at UNT)
	LING 5070 Bibliography and Methods of Research in Linguistics/ESL (3 hours)
	LING 5060 Second Language Acquisition (3 hours)
	LING 5090 Pedagogical English Grammar (3 hours)
	LING 5300 Phonology (3 hours)
	LING 5310 Syntax (3 hours)
	Elective LING course (3 hours)
Course Requirements: Second Year (at UAEM)
	LING 5340 Practicum (3 hours)
	Curriculum Design (3 hours)
	ESL Methods (3 hours)
	Evaluation (3 hours)
	Elective LING courses (6 hours)

Professional Development Project Students will begin work on their Professional Development Project in LING 5340 Practicum. The project will consist of two elements: the paper reporting the project and an oral defense. In the paper, students will identify specific teaching challenges related to ESL/EFL teaching, e.g., problems with teaching skill areas, success of classroom activities, or issues of classroom management. The paper must include the following:

• A full description of the problem to be addressed.
• A review of current research on the topic.
• Possible solutions to the teaching challenge in the light of contemporary methodological paradigms.
• Evidence of the Joint MA student implementing solutions in the classroom during the Practicum, for example, detailed lesson plans and description of classroom activities and assessments.
• Analysis of the success of the revised approach to teaching including comparison of results of student assessments under different methods of teaching.

After students complete the paper, their committee will conduct an oral defense of the Professional Development Project. At least three members of the committee will be faculty from UNT.