Assessment

In 2013, Webster University's TESOL program became the first and only TESOL program to receive national recognition in the state of Missouri from NCATE (also the first and only in the St. Louis and Kansas City metro areas). This recognition was renewed by CAEP in 2020. In 2022, TESOL faculty revised the TESOL curriculum and aligned assessments to the newest TESOL Standards.

During the 2022-2023 academic year, the core set of seven TESOL courses and their final summative assessments all underwent a comprehensive redesign.  These courses include a series of formative assessments that prepare TESOL candidates to be successful on the summative assessment.  Formative and summative assessments are graded using analytic rubrics that are all programmed into Canvas (Webster University's learning management system).

Seven TESL courses have been chosen as core courses. 

Listed below are what the sumative assessments are for each of the seven core courses in the TESOL program.

• TESL 5030 – Linguistics for Language Learning and Teaching: Language & Linguistics Teaching Portfolio

• TESL 5230 – Theories of Foreign and Second Language Acquisition: Language Learning Profiles and teaching Philosophy Statement

• TESL 5139 – Instructional Methods in Language Classrooms: Activity Portfolio and reflection

• TESL 5220 – Lesson Planning and Curriculum Development: Lesson Plan Development Project

• TESL 5311 – Language Assessment: Assessment Portfolio and Reflection

• TESL 5350 – Sociolinguistics: Sociolinguistic Profile Research Paper

• TESL 5040 – Practicum in English Classrooms: Summative TESOL Portfolio (a sample of this summative assessment is available on the Practicum page)