新罕布什尔大学

Do you enjoy working with young adults? Do you love to share your enthusiasm for literature? Do you like to help others with their writing? If so, consider becoming an English teacher. This program will prepare you to teach middle- or high-school level English. You’ll study English literature and grammar, human development and learning, the education system and teaching practices. In your senior year, you’ll be able to apply for a fifth year of study and internship to fulfill New Hampshire’s teaching certification requirements.

With the fifth year of study, this program allows you to complete a Master of Arts in Teaching or Master of Education degree. As a certified teacher in New Hampshire, you’ll also be qualified to teach in several other states. We offer study-abroad programs at Cambridge University and in London. You’ll find inspiration through our Writers and Speakers Series, which invites published writers and prominent literary scholars from around the country to talk about their work, as well as through a variety of local programs offering opportunities to get involved with teaching English as a second language, primary and secondary education, and writing.

Potential Careers

• Adult education teacher
• English teacher
• ESL program coordinator
• Principal
• Writer

Program Objectives

Are you passionate about serving your community? Do you enjoy reading, writing, creative thinking, and imagination? Are you eager to shape the future? The English teaching major could be a wonderful choice for you!

English teaching majors synthesize knowledge across areas — literature, language, composition, speaking, listening, identity, linguistics, and education, just to name a few. We think critically and collaborate. We spark learning and we study it. We evaluate texts and resources, examine literacy skills, and consider appropriate media, and design reading and writing opportunities and instruction in a variety of contexts. In particular, the English teaching major focuses on preparing future teachers and educational leaders, but the skills students learn are valuable in many settings, from the classroom to the workplace to the broader world.

The goal of the English teaching major is to prepare informed, thoughtful, and skilled English teachers who will become educational leaders in their own communities and in the teaching profession. In the English Department, students learn about literature, cultural theories of race and identity, composition, grammar, a variety of textual and digital media, and instructional practices appropriate to grades five through twelve. In the Education Department, students learn about human development, the history of schooling, and many philosophical perspectives on learning and education.