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Overview

The field-based Master of Arts in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) program offers in-service teachers with a secured contract for teaching abroad the opportunity to earn a master’s degree while working in their own classrooms overseas.

Students and faculty gather twice a year for two weeks of face-to-face instruction each January in Chiang Mai, Thailand, and each July at Azusa Pacific University in Azusa, California. A tuition discount applies for students in the program.

The program offers courses and seminars in language acquisition theory, English grammar and pronunciation, socio-linguistics, language teaching methods and materials development, observation and practice in classroom teaching, language assessment, program design, and language-development research.

To enter the program, a teaching contract is needed for terms 1–4, or two full years. Candidates are responsible for securing teaching contracts abroad.

APU also offers the Master of Arts in TESOL in an on-campus and online format.

Program Highlights

Learn more about the program and our faculty.

College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Accreditation

Azusa Pacific University receives accreditation from the Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC).

University Reputation

Azusa Pacific University held its place in the most prestigious category of U.S.News & World Report’s America’s Best Colleges 2013 rankings, placing in Tier One at No. 179 in the National Universities category. In addition, The Princeton Review named APU as 1 of 121 institutions in the 2012 Best Colleges in the West for the seventh consecutive year.

Note: This information is current for the 2012–13 academic year; however, all stated academic information is subject to change. Please refer to the current Academic Catalog for more information. For additional information, please contact the appropriate office.