Bilingual Education Extension, Advanced Certificate

St. John's University

The department offers a 15-graduate credit course sequence leading to bilingual education extension. Coursework will provide students with the theory, multicultural perspectives, and practical background to work in bilingual and/or dual-language classroom settings. The five course sequence will allow the initially certified teacher to obtain the knowledge and skills of: (1) the theories of bilingual education and bilingualism (2) the multicultural viewpoints of education (3) the social, psychological and psycho-linguistic aspects of bilingualism (4) the methods of teaching English language arts an first language arts to bilingual English language learners and (5) methods of teaching content area instruction to bilingual English language learners. The entire sequence is offered online.

The School of Education