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The Certificate curriculum consists of four core requirements:
(A) Three courses on second language acquisition and teaching (12 credits)
(B) Target-language courses (language structure, culture, etc., 8-16 credits)
(C) Internship/practicum (2-4 credits)
(D) Target-language proficiency
Students who successfully complete the SLAT certificate will have a solid grounding in developmental, cognitive and psycholinguistic, and socio-cultural issues in language acquisition, and their implications for effective teaching of the pronunciation, vocabulary, and structure of a language. In addition, they will know structural aspects of a specific language, and will have an understanding of cross-cultural issues that affect language acquisition and communication generally. As a consequence of these specific learning outcomes, graduates will be able to incorporate language content into more effective teaching.
NOTE: The following courses are recommended as prerequisites to the SLAT curriculum or as additional preparation for language teaching:
All courses must be taken as graded, except Supervised Tutoring or Internship/Practicum, which may be taken Pass/No-Pass. LING and LT courses must be passed with the grade of C- or higher; classes with a language prefix (e.g. SPAN) must be passed with a B- or higher.
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Requirements |
Total credits | |
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second language acquisition and teaching |
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12 credits |
The language area requirement is satisfied by a combination of college-level second-language study, plus 2 to 4 courses focusing on the structure or structure-culture interface of the target second language. Combinations other than those listed here must be approved by the Certificate Advisor.
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Language |
Requirements |
Total credits |
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english |
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15-16 |
| french |
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8 credits plus 3 years (or equiv.) of Spanish language study |
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japanese |
Any two of:
It is recommended that students take either 443 or 454 as one of their SLAT courses. |
8 credits |
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spanish |
Any two of:
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8 credits |
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russian |
Any two of:
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8 credits |
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german |
Any two of:
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8 credits |
The certificate incorporates nontraditional learning modes in the internship or practicum requirement. At present, practica opportunities have been identified in the American English Institute, the UO Departments of East Asian Languages, Romance Languages, and Germanic Languages, and in programs in the local 4J public schools. Other possibilities include overseas internships in the IE3 program and UO-sponsored Participatory Learning Experiences (PLEs), with your advisor's approval.
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Requirements |
Total credits |
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internship/ |
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2-4 credits (P/NP or graded) |
Recipients of the SLAT certificate must demonstrate a minimum level of proficiency in their target language and in English.