Welcome to Education and Language Acquisition Department

Education and Language Acquisition is a multidisciplinary liberal arts department which houses programs in Teacher Education, ModernLanguages and Literatures, and Academic ESL. The department takes the College's goal of internationalizing the curriculum very seriously. The lively exchange of ideas in the areas of theory and pedagogy among the language, literature, and education faculty has allowed for the creation of enriched educational experiences for students which recognize students' inherent strengths and heritages and prepares them for success in an increasingly culturally and linguistically diverse world. The department offers courses in educational theory and practice, several world languages and national literatures, urban studies, linguistics and English as a second language. Degree programs in Bilingual Education, Childhood Education, Secondary Education and Latin American Studies are also sponsored by the department.

• Education Program
  The Education Program at LaGuardia Community College prepares individuals interested in transferring to education programs at four-year institutions or in pursuing paraprofessional positions in the school system. The program prepares knowledgeable, caring individuals to teach in diverse communities through coursework in educational foundations, language and literacy development, child development, and fieldwork. Students study effective instructional models, with an emphasis on student-centered and culturally relevant methods, and research resources for curriculum and instruction.
  
  
• Modern Languages and Literatures Program
  The study of foreign languages and literatures has been at the core of liberal arts studies for centuries. Following that tradition, the Modern Languages and Literatures Program emphasizes the development of cross-cultural communication, appreciation of literature, multicultural understanding, and analytic and interpretive capacity. The Modern Languages and Literatures Program offers students the opportunity to study more than ten different languages and national literatures.
  
  
• Academic ESL Program
  The primary mission of the Academic ESL Program is to provide language instruction and support to students whose first language is not English so that they can succeed in accomplishing their educational goals at LaGuardia Community College. The Program has as its primary aim the teaching of academic writing and integrating into this instruction the other language skills of reading, listening and speaking. Academic ESL also provides its students with language support in their non-ESL courses by offering learning communities that integrate courses in other disciplines and English as a Second Language and provides non-native speakers of English throughout the College with language tutoring in support of the Writing in the Disciplines program.