Illinois Wesleyan: Foreign Language

CERTIFICATION COURSE REQUIREMENTS

Foreign Language
Spanish

Upon completing an approved program and taking all ISBE tests, you will earn a K-12 Certificate (type 10) with an endorsement in foreign language and a designation in the language of in your Spanish. This certificate, endorsement, and designation will allow you to teach all levels of Spanish, including honors and AP courses.

You may add a designation in any second language by completing a major in that language, and taking the Content Area test in that language. For example, this would allow you to teach both Spanish and French, or Spanish and Italian.

Professional Education

The courses below should be taken in the sequence listed. Refer to the IWU catalog for course prerequisites. None of the courses below may be taken concurrently.

First year, spring semester or sophomore year, fall semester	Educ 225	Foundations of Education: Contexts of Teaching and Learning
Sophomore year, fall or spring	Educ 255	Studying Children and Adolescents in Context
Sophomore year, spring or junior year, fall	Educ 260	Teaching and Learning in the Middle School (required for middle school endorsement, elective)
Junior year, spring	Educ 360	Teaching Humanities and Social Sciences in the Secondary School
Senior year, fall *	Educ 491	Student Teaching in Humanities and Social Science, with Seminar
Senior year spring **	Educ 401	Issues in Educational Research and Practice

*ACM Urban Education (UEP) participants may student teach spring semester senior year, with approval.
**Ninth semester graduates and spring semester UEP candidates only may take Educ 401 during the spring semester of the junior year, with department approval.

General Education

While Illinois Wesleyan University general education requirements are the same as those required by all students in the College of Liberal Arts, the following courses are recommended.

Analysis of Values	Phil 214	Philosophy of Education
	Soc 122	Problems and Values
Cultural/Historical Chan	Hist 249	Revolutions in American Child and Family Life
Formal Reasoning	Phil 102	Elementary Symbolic Logic
	CS 126	Introduction to Computer Science
Life Science	Psych 100	General Psychology
	Psych 101	Lifespan Development

Major Requirements

Students seeking K-12 foreign language certificates should be able to demonstrate: (1) an excellent command of the language; (2) an awareness and appreciation of the aesthetic and intellectual history of the target culture and of its present-day manifestations; (3) the ability to comprehend, critically analyze and explicate literary works in the foreign language; and (4) the ability to teach the foreign language, literature, and culture. Foreign language students are required to spend a semester in a country where the target language is spoken.

Major Requirements: Spanish (10 courses at or above the 203 level)

Span 303	Advanced Grammar and Composition
Span 308 or 310	Introduction to Literature or Special Topics in Literature
Span 230, 240, 320, 360, or 373	Studies in Cultural History or Studies in Literature and Culture
Span 314 & 315 or 316 & 317	Spanish Culture and Civilization I & II Latin American Culture and Civilization I & II
Span (2-3)	Electives (may be taken abroad)
Select 2 from Spanish 403 408 410 418 468 478 488	(one must be literature) History ofthe Spanish Language Early Spanish Literature Special Topics in Literature Modern Spanish Literature Latino/a Literature Latin American Literature: Short Narrative and Essay Latin American Literature: The Novel
Span 490	Senior Seminar

AND one semester abroad (prior to spring of the junior year, or enrollment in Educ 360)
AND Oral Proficiency exam
AND Writing Portfolio (consult with Professor Isabelli regarding the above requirements).

ISBE Standards

Foreign Language candidates must demonstrate proficiency in the content area Standards in Foreign Language . The APT test, Grades K-12 (104) is required prior to recommendation for certification. Registration can be completed at www.icts.nesinc.com.

Second Subject Teaching Endorsements

Foreign language candidates may earn a second subject endorsement in English Language Arts by completing

Educ 360A2 concurrent with 360A1
English 280 Practical Criticism
Two lower division English literature courses, with at least one from English 220-259
English 290 Grammar & Composition for Teachers (prior to student teaching)
Three courses in English literature at the 300/400 level (at least one 300-level Shakespeare course)
One additional course unit in writing or literature at the 100, 200, or 300 level in English.
ISBE Content Area test in English Language Arts (111)

Foreign language candidates may earn other second subject endorsements only by completing the appropriate approved program. Refer to www.iwu.edu/~edstu for specific program requirements.

The completion of these requirements is noted during the entitlement process completed by the Educational Studies office.

You may add endorsements to your certificate after graduation and any time during your teaching career by completing state requirements . The application form can be found here.