The Bachelor of Arts in Education in Bilingual Education with an Elementary Emphasis will prepare you to teach content in two languages at an elementary school level. In addition to taking required general education classes, you’ll study topics like:
You’ll also get hands-on experience in the classroom and complete a capstone project.
Bilingual Education/Elementary Major, Bachelor of Arts in Education (BAE)
The Bilingual Education Program offers a major for those students preparing to teach dual language learners who wish to demonstrate their own commitment to learning an additional language. This Bilingual Education major requires the completion of a minor or certificate approved by an GNML advisor. Notes: students who want to have a second endorsement in a minor field will require more than 12 quarters to complete the BAE.
This major satisfies the endorsement for preschool through grade 12.
Foreign Language Requirement
Acceptance to the program is contingent upon scoring Advanced-Low or higher on both the oral and written ACTFL tests. As the State of Washington Professional Educator Board (PESB) requires bilingual education candidates to pass the ACTFL oral and written tests with a score of Advanced-Mid or higher in order to get the certification, candidates who score Advanced-Low on any of the ACTFL tests will be asked to prepare a plan to pass the ACTFL oral and written tests at the end of the certification at the Advanced-Mid level. This plan will require then to take for instance some upper-division foreign language courses.
Elementary Education students must complete the required Elementary Education Core and the following courses.
Grade Requirements: the minimum cumulative GPA for this program is ≥2.7.
| Required English Course | ||
| ENGL 360 | LANGUAGE STRUCTURE AND USE | 5 |
| Required English as a Second Language Courses | ||
| ESLG 471 | TEACHING ENGLISH ACROSS THE DISCIPLINES | 3 |
| ESLG 480 | SECOND LANGUAGE ACQUISITION | 4 |
| ESLG 481 | METHODS AND MATERIALS IN ENGLISH AS A SECOND OR FOREIGN LANGUAGE | 4 |
| ESLG 488 | SECOND LANGUAGE PRINT LITERACY THEORIES | 3 |
| ESLG 489 | CULTURAL AND LINGUISTIC DIVERSITY IN THE CLASSROOM | 4 |
| ESLG 492 | SECOND LANGUAGE LITERACY PLACEMENT AND ASSESSMENT | 3 |
| Required General Modern Languages Courses | ||
| GNML 391 | PRINCIPLES OF BILINGUAL EDUCATION | 5 |
| GNML 392 | PRACTICES AND ASSESSMENT FOR BILINGUAL EDUCATION | 5 |
| GNML 393 | PRACTICUM: BILINGUAL EDUCATION (variable credit; must be repeated) | 6 |
| Required Capstone | ||
| SPAN 491 | SPANISH SENIOR THESIS (Required Capstone) | 4 |
| or ESLG 490 | ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE CAPSTONE | |
| Total Credits | 46 | |
University Competencies and Proficiencies
English
Quantitative and Symbolic Reasoning
Placement and Clearance
Prior Learning/Sources of Credit AP, CLEP, IB
General Education Requirements (GER)
Breadth Area Core Requirements (BACR)
Humanities and Arts
Natural Sciences
Social Sciences
University Graduation Requirements (UGR)
Diversity Course List
Foreign Language (for Bachelor of Arts)
Global Studies Course List
Minor or Certificate
Senior Capstone Course List
Application for Graduation (use EagleNET) must be made at least two terms in advance of the term you expect to graduate (undergraduate and post-baccalaureate).
Use the Catalog Archives to determine two important catalog years.
Degree Works calculates based on these two catalog years.
Students who earn a BAE in Bilingual Education at EWU should be able to do the following:
Pre-requisites: ENGL 201; concurrent enrollment with GNML 393.
This course is designed to develop a conceptual foundation on issues related to bilingual education and prepare you for a teaching portfolio and the West-E "Bilingual Education" exam. As a result, the course will focus on various aspects of bilingual education and apply a variety of bilingual methods and strategies. You will be exposed to a series of primary sources, current research and strategies for keeping your knowledge up-to-date.
Pre-requisites: ENGL 360 or permission of instructor.
This course briefly reviews the various linguistic systems and their importance in language learning. Acquisition theories are introduced. The developmental process of interlanguage and the factors that impact effective language learning are covered. This course includes practical understanding of how SLA theories relate to instructional choices.
Pre-requisites: ESLG 480 and ESLG 481.
This course examines current and seminal research that provides insight into the factors affecting the development of literacy by second language learners. Topics covered include prior literacy backgrounds, home-school connections, orthographies, and vocabulary development.
This course provides an introduction to the various cultural and linguistic backgrounds in the region. It covers the impact of background cultures on the interactions that occur and expectations that exist in school environments. It also provides an understanding of the role of culture in developing theories about what it means 'to read'.