Minor in English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL)

The School of Education offers a minor in English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) designed to enhance students’ abilities to build a better world through knowledge and understanding of best practices for supporting and creating language-rich environments that build on the strengths and capabilities of all stakeholders, including helping professions in government, community, non-government, and schools. The minor in ESOL can lead to an endorsement in this area. 

Program of Study

The minor in ESOL is 18-19 credit program.  

Required (12 credits)

• RE 211 Exploring Language: An Introduction to Linguistics  
• RE 311 Methods for Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages 
• RE 411 Second Language Acquisition: Theory & Practice 
• Upper-level language course required (ML 104; 201 level preferred)

Electives (6-7 credits) 

Two electives from Courses Approved for the ESOL minor.*

*Elementary Education Majors are required to complete RE 345 as one of the required electives. 

Declaring a Minor

Undergraduate students interested in pursuing the minor must schedule an appointment to meet with the ESOL minor advisor before declaring the minor. 

Students who wish to add, change, or drop a minor must submit a Change of Minor form to the Office of the Registrar (MH 141). Be sure to get all the signatures required prior to submitting this form. The Change of Minor form is available on the Office of the Registrar website under forms, or in the Office of the Registrar (MH 141).  

Contact

For more information, please contact:  

Margarita Gómez  
Professor of Literacy/Undergraduate Program Director Elementary Education
mgomez@loyola.edu