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Program Description
The Bachelor of Science program in Teaching a World Language, Grades 7–12, allows students to specialize in one of several languages: Chinese, French, Italian, Japanese, or Spanish. Students take most language courses in the College of Arts and Science, thus, World Language Education students mix with a diverse group of other students throughout NYU to gain multilingual and multicultural awareness and appreciation. Courses taken in the Steinhardt School focus on teaching techniques and methods; creating curricula, materials, and audiovisual aids; and testing for language proficiency.
The goal of the program is to provide learners with a broad education in language development and a deep understanding of the speakers’ cultures. Participants in the bachelor’s program are exposed to current research and diverse approaches to language acquisition. Students are prepared to make appropriate instructional choices in the classroom and develop the cross-cultural sensitivity so critical in this field.
Students graduating from the program are eligible for New York State teacher certification for grades 7–12, with an extension for grades 5-6.
Admissions
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Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of the program, graduates will:
- Build relationships with students and families with the goal of fostering student learning, engagement and well-being.
- Integrate theory/research with pedagogical and classroom practice.
- Develop and implement discipline-based curricula, unit plans and lessons that are coherent, use culturally sustaining pedagogies, and foster experiential learning.
- Create and apply classroom strategies that are explicit, innovative, appropriate for a specific context, and use technology to support student learning.
- Develop a practice that is equitable, inclusive, coherent, thoughtful and acquire the skills of a professional educator.
Policies
Fieldwork Placement
Be advised that fieldwork placement facilities that provide training required for your program degree, and agencies that issue licenses for practice in your field of study, each may require you to undergo general and criminal background checks, the results of which the facility or agency must find acceptable before it will allow you to train at its facility or issue you a license. You should inform yourself of offenses or other facts that may prevent obtaining a license to practice in your field of study. NYU Steinhardt will not be responsible if you are unable to complete program requirements or cannot obtain a license to practice in your field because of the results of such background.
NYU Policies
University-wide policies can be found on the New York University Policy pages.
Steinhardt Academic Policies
Additional academic policies can be found the Steinhardt academic policies page.