TESOL Teaching Minor

Students interested in TESOL are often curious about other languages and cultures, and they want to help new English speakers in their language studies at home or abroad.

The TESOL Teaching minor is designed for elementary education majors or content area secondary education majors (i.e., math, social studies, English teaching).

The TESOL Teaching minor is a great way to add a K-12 ESL endorsement, and to learn about working with emergent bilingual students.

Click here for more information on TESOL Teaching minor classes and program requirements.

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100%
Pass Rate

Our recent graduates in TESOL had a 100 percent pass rate on the Praxis II exam.

Top
Ranked

UNI is home to a top ranked teacher preparation program, known around the Midwest for excellence. Students gain 750 hours of classroom experience before graduation.

Endorsements

Convenient for students to complete endorsements in other disciplines to be more marketable to school districts.

Find out more about TESOL Teaching

‌Required Courses

Contact us directly at:

Department of Languages & Literatures
University of Northern Iowa
1001 Bartlett Hall
Cedar Falls, Iowa
50614-0502

Phone: (319) 273-2821
Email: langlit@uni.edu

TESOL Club

The TESOL Club's goal reaches beyond their focus in English as a second or foreign language, and ultimately works to make the UNI campus, Cedar Valley and beyond a more progressive, tolerant and welcoming place for everyone.

Student walking on campus.

Educator Prep

Students in UNI’s educator preparation programs acquire more than 700 hours of hands-on classroom experience before graduation. This is done through more than 350 school district partnerships, 9 Iowa student teaching centers, and one out of state & international student teaching center that coordinates all out of state and international student teaching placements.

Campanile in the evening.

Field Experience

As a TESOL Teaching major, you will have three field experiences in which you will explore, define and sharpen your skills as a future classroom teacher.  Your teaching experience will be capped off with semester-long student teaching which can be done in Iowa, throughout the United States or overseas.

Maucker Union on campus with student walking in front of it.

TESOL Club

The TESOL Club's goal reaches beyond their focus in English as a second or foreign language, and ultimately works to make the UNI campus, Cedar Valley and beyond a more progressive, tolerant and welcoming place for everyone.

Student walking on campus.

Educator Prep

Students in UNI’s educator preparation programs acquire more than 700 hours of hands-on classroom experience before graduation. This is done through more than 350 school district partnerships, 9 Iowa student teaching centers, and one out of state & international student teaching center that coordinates all out of state and international student teaching placements.

Campanile in the evening.

Field Experience

As a TESOL Teaching major, you will have three field experiences in which you will explore, define and sharpen your skills as a future classroom teacher.  Your teaching experience will be capped off with semester-long student teaching which can be done in Iowa, throughout the United States or overseas.

Maucker Union on campus with student walking in front of it.

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