TESL & Applied Linguistics

TESL Interested in teaching English abroad? Interested in languages and linguistics?

The minor in Teaching English as a Second Language (TESL) and Applied Linguistics consists of five courses (18 hours of coursework) covering general principles of linguistics and applied linguistics as well as second-language teaching methods. These courses are:

LLC 2050: Linguistics: Language in Mind and Society (3)
LLC 3010: Second Language Acquisition (3)
LLC 3020: Sociolinguistics and World Englishes (3)
LLC 3120: Teaching Languages: Theory and Practice (6)
LLC 4550: The Structure of Modern English for TESL (3)

See the 2024-25 Undergraduate Bulletin.

Faculty

See the faculty directory for an updated list of associated TESL and Applied Linguistics faculty.

Give to Languages, Literatures and Cultures

Please consider supporting our students by donating to one of the following departmental funds:

The Foreign Languages and Literatures Fund supports scholarships for students in the department.
The LLC Events Fund supports our International Speaker Series and other departmental events.
The Katrina Camille Scott Sullivan Endowed Scholarship supports students majoring in French and Francophone Studies.

For assistance, contact Jasmin McFayden '10, CAS Development Director, at mcfaydenja@appstate.edu or (828) 262-4019.

Department Contacts

Dr. Paul Worley
Department Chair
LS Dougherty Hall 101 A
worleypm@appstate.edu
(828) 262-6709

Dr. Jean-François Fournier
Department Assistant Chair
LS Dougherty Hall 210K
fournierj@appstate.edu
(828) 262-2307

Ms. Cindy Trivette
Department Administrative Assistant
LS Dougherty Hall 101
trivetteca@appstate.edu
(828) 262-3095

Placement Tests

French, German & Spanish require online placement test scores.

Department of Languages, Literatures & Cultures

TESL & Applied Linguistics

Faculty