I feel like I had the unique opportunity when I was younger that I did have another language spoken in my home so it was a thing that I had grown up with. And because of that, I feel like it's just my calling. I definitely feel like English as a Second Language is something that everybody should learn about because it's unique and there's just some people that you might not know who speak another language in their home and they want to share that so I want to share that so that's why I did it.
Meet Val: TESOL
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"People in the TESOL program at WMU are amazing and you just learn things that you never think you would learn about."
TESOL at WMU
The Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) K-12 is designed to prepare educators to meet the unique needs of English learners in K-12 schools. The TESOL K-12 major is available for all interested students who are also seeking PK-3 teacher certification. Graduates of this program will be eligible to teach all subjects to PK-3 students in self-contained classrooms as well as in ESL K-12 classrooms. No minor is required. This undergraduate major qualifies graduates for the Michigan English as a Second Language (ESL) endorsement.
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