Salem State College: MAT/ESL

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Salem State College
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Salem, MA 01970
978-542-6000

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Teaching English as a Second Language

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Application Deadline: Rolling Admissions

Admission Requirements

A completed admissions application and $35.00 non-refundable application fee made payable to Salem State College.
An official transcript from an accredited college or university, which documents an earned bachelor's degree. Applicants should have an arts and sciences major, or a major appropriate to the teaching of English as a Second Language.
Official transcripts of any graduate courses taken or degrees held.
Candidates with a Massachusetts teaching license should submit a copy of their license with the admissions application. Candidates without a Mass. teaching license must submit documentation of a passing score on the Communication and Literacy portions of the Mass. Test for Educator Licensure (MTEL).
A 500-1,000 word, typed, double-spaced statement of purpose addressing the following questions:
- What factors in your personal and professional history have influenced you in the past which now lead you to seek admission to this program at Salem?
- What are your long-term professional goals, and how will this program help you meet them?
- Is there any other information that you think would help the admissions committee to evaluate your application?
Three completed "Reference for Graduate Admissions" forms. Please include references from people who have known you in either professional or academic capacities. Referees may attach a letter to the form, but must return the completed form.
An official copy of test results taken within the last five years, which document satisfactory performance on either the Graduate Record Examination (GRE) or the Miller Analogies Test (MAT), unless a master's degree or its equivalent has been awarded.
All applicants, whose first language is not English, must submit satisfactory test scores of the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL), in addition to test results from either the MAT or GRE. f you are unsure about the necessity of TOEFL score, please contact the program coordinator.
All candidates for MAT-ESL must have proficiency in a foreign language at the intermediate level before completion of the program. Proficiency may be demonstrated by completed coursework at the undergraduate level or equivalent test results.

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