Bilingual Education - Secondary Education Major, Bachelor of Arts (BA)
The Bilingual Education Program offers a major for students preparing to teach dual language learners who wish to demonstrate their own commitment to learning an additional language.
This major satisfies the endorsement for preschool through grade 12.
World Language Requirement
Acceptance to the program is contingent upon scoring Advanced-Low or higher on both the oral and written ACTFL tests. As the State of Washington, Professional Educator Board (PESB) requires bilingual education candidates to pass the ACTFL oral and written tests with a score of Advanced-Mid or higher in order to get the certification, candidates who score Advanced-Low on any of the ACTFL tests will be asked to prepare a plan to pass the ACTFL oral and written tests at the end of the certification at the Advanced-Mid level. This plan will require them to take some upper-division world language courses.
| Secondary Education Program Prerequisites | ||
| All prerequisite courses must have been completed within the last 6 years. | ||
| A grade ≥B- in all prerequisite courses is required for admission to the Education program. | ||
| CMST 201 | PUBLIC SPEAKING | 5 |
| or CMST 340 | INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION | |
| EDUC 201 | INTRODUCTION TO EDUCATION | 3 |
| ENGL 201 | COLLEGE COMPOSITION: ANALYSIS, RESEARCH AND DOCUMENTATION (or approved equivalent) | 5 |
| SOST 300 | PEOPLES AND GOVERNANCE OF THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST | 5 |
| SPED 363 | INTRODUCTION TO SPECIAL EDUCATION | 4 |
| PSYC 204 | EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY | 5 |
| Quantitative and Symbolic Reasoning proficiency* | 5 | |
| Total Credits | 32 | |
* Quantitative and Symbolic Reasoning courses
Grade Requirements: The minimum cumulative GPA for this program is ≥2.7 for the Spanish courses and required supporting courses, and ≥B- in each required education course.
This Program requires admission into the School of Education.
| Required English Course | ||
| ENGL 360 | LANGUAGE STRUCTURE AND USE | 5 |
| Required English as a Second Language Courses | ||
| ESLG 380 | INTRODUCTION TO TEACHING ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE | 5 |
| ESLG 471 | TEACHING ENGLISH ACROSS THE DISCIPLINES | 3 |
| ESLG 480 | SECOND LANGUAGE ACQUISITION | 4 |
| ESLG 481 | METHODS AND MATERIALS IN ENGLISH AS A SECOND OR FOREIGN LANGUAGE | 4 |
| ESLG 488 | SECOND LANGUAGE PRINT LITERACY THEORIES | 3 |
| ESLG 489 | CULTURAL AND LINGUISTIC DIVERSITY IN THE CLASSROOM | 4 |
| ESLG 492 | SECOND LANGUAGE LITERACY PLACEMENT AND ASSESSMENT | 3 |
| Required General Modern Languages Courses | ||
| GNML 391 | PRINCIPLES OF BILINGUAL EDUCATION | 5 |
| GNML 392 | PRACTICES AND ASSESSMENT FOR BILINGUAL EDUCATION | 5 |
| GNML 393 | PRACTICUM: BILINGUAL EDUCATION (variable credit course; must be repeated ) | 6 |
| GNML 303 | LANGUAGE ACQUISITION ASSESSMENT | 1 |
| Required Capstone | ||
| SPAN 491 | SPANISH SENIOR THESIS | 4 |
| or ESLG 490 | ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE CAPSTONE | |
| Required Education Courses | ||
| EDUC 303 | FOUNDATIONS OF ASSESSMENT | 3 |
| EDUC 309 | FOUNDATIONS OF SECONDARY CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT | 3 |
| EDUC 341 | SECONDARY STRATEGIES, MANAGEMENT, ASSESSMENT | 3 |
| EDUC 386A | FIELD EXPERIENCE AND PRACTICUM | 3 |
| EDUC 386B | FIELD EXPERIENCE AND PRACTICUM | 3 |
| EDUC 413 | CONTENT AREA LITERACY: MANAGEMENT AND ASSESSMENT FOR SECONDARY EDUCATION CANDIDATES | 3 |
| EDUC 426 | SECONDARY STUDENT TEACHING 5-12 | 12 |
| EDUC 427 | GENERAL STUDENT TEACHING K-12 | 3-15 |
| Total Credits | 85-97 | |
University Competencies and Proficiencies
English
Quantitative and Symbolic Reasoning
Placement and Clearance
Prior Learning/Sources of Credit AP, CLEP, IB
General Education Requirements (GER)
- Minimum Credits—180 cumulative credit hours
- 60 upper-division credits (300 level or above)
- 45 credits in residence (attendance) at Eastern, with at least 15 upper-division credits in major in residence at Eastern
- Minimum Cumulative GPA ≥2.0
Breadth Area Core Requirements (BACR)
Humanities and Arts
Natural Sciences
Social Sciences
University Graduation Requirements (UGR)
Diversity Course List
World Language (for Bachelor of Arts)
Global Studies Course List
Minor or Certificate
Senior Capstone Course List
Application for Graduation (use EagleNET) must be made at least two terms in advance of the term expected to graduate (undergraduate and post-baccalaureate).
Use the Catalog Archives to determine two important catalog years.
- The catalog in effect at the student's first term of current matriculation is used to determine BACR (Breadth Area Core Requirements) and UGR (Undergraduate Graduation Requirements).
- The catalog in effect at the time the student declares a major or minor is used to determine the program requirements.
Students who earn a BA in Bilingual Education - Secondary Education from EWU should be able to:
- identify the effects of the interrelationship between language and culture on the bilingual classroom;
- explain how pedagogical strategies support elementary and middle school students’ literacy;
- deliver an oral presentation to inform families of the benefits of a K-8 bilingual dual-language program;
- identify the optimal elements in a WA standards-based lesson plan for bilingual education;
- create developmentally appropriate bilingual lesson plans grounded in language acquisition research;
- teach a lesson that supports the linguistic development of bilingual speakers.