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  • Our students come from a wide range of backgrounds, and all are motivated to enter a field that lets them work across borders and cultures to help students learn English. Our vibrant global network of students study in New York City and take classes online to become adaptive, reflective practitioners who raise the standards of the English language teaching profession.

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    • The MA TESOL program helped me build a global network of experts and challenged me to grow as a learner and a teacher-trainer.

      - Autumn Westphal ’17, Content Developer at Pearson

    • This program did an incredible job of not only preparing me to be a good teacher, but also connecting me with individuals with a wide range of teaching and life experiences.

      - Emily Burnett ’16, ESOL Programs Coordinator at the Center for Immigrant Education & Training at LaGuardia Community College

    • With its connections to [faculty members] Jeremy Harmer and Scott Thornbury, the MA TESOL program provided me with cache from a program with international collaborators who are well known throughout the world in this field.

      - Mark Forehand, Assistant Dean for International Graduate Programs and Special Projects of the Siegel Institute of Leadership Character and Ethics

  • Language & Social Justice Talks is a curated public program series that brings leading experts in TESOL to The New School for discussion of the relationship between language, identity, and social justice.

  • From the latest news about the program to stories highlighting MA TESOL alumni journeys, get to know the MA TESOL community through the program’s blog.

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