Master of Arts in TESOL For Practicing Teachers of English
Admissions
To be considered for admission, an applicant must meet the following criteria:
- US bachelor’s degree or an equivalent that demonstrates academic ability
- Demonstrated proficiency in English
- A minimum of two years of language teaching experience
- Current employment in a position teaching English to speakers of other languages to which you will return between the two summers of coursework. The position must include a minimum of 12 hours of classroom teaching each week for a minimum of 8 months with a minimum of 5 students per class.
- Intercultural experience
- Excellent communication skills
- Demonstrated ability to use experience as a source of learning
- An understanding of the structure and philosophy of the MAT program
Applicants for whom English is not a first language are required to demonstrate literacy and oral proficiency. While SIT has no minimum score that would automatically eliminate an MAT application, both a standardized test and an oral proficiency interview are required. SIT considers official results of the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) and the International Education Language Testing System (IELTS).
SIT has a self-selective applications process. Prospective students typically discover through this process whether SIT is a good fit for them. Our admissions staff works one-on-one with every applicant to facilitate a highly informed and multidimensional admissions experience: applicants are encouraged to attend an Open House, talk with SIT faculty and staff, and hear from current students and alumni. As applicants become familiar with the attributes of an SIT education—grounded in the experiential learning model and focused on social justice and leadership skills in intercultural environments—they determine for themselves in what ways SIT can help them meet their educational and career objectives.
- In recent years, the average computer-based TOEFL score has been 240, with scores ranging from 213 to 267.
- The average IELTS band was 7.
- Oral proficiency for the same group averaged Advanced on the ACTFL scale (seventh level of a nine-level scale).
- For the new Internet-based Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL iBT), SIT's operational standard for admission for applicants whose first language is not English and who did not attend an undergraduate institution at which the language of instruction was English is a minimum total score of 79. This includes section scores of at least 24 on the writing section and 23 on the speaking section. These section scores should be considered guidelines for recommended minimum scores on the new TOEFL exam.
Scores must be dated within two years of the start date of your academic program.
Phone:
802.257.7751
Admissions:
800.336.1616 (toll free in US)
802.258.3510 (outside the US)
TTY:
802.258.3388
Fax:
802.258.3428
Mailing Address:
PO Box 676, 1 Kipling Road
Brattleboro, VT 05302 USA