The School of Languages comprises the Department of Foreign Languages and the Department of English Language Studies. Both departments offer second/foreign-language courses for the entire university.
Department of Foreign Languages
The New School currently offers courses in 17 languages with others in development. The faculty includes mostly native speakers and is committed to teaching languages in cultural context.
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Department of English Language Studies
The New School offers university preparatory training in English as a Second/Foreign Language (ESL) for students with low-intermediate to advanced-level English skills. A new ESL+ model enables qualified international students to combine English language study with foundational academic courses that could be applied to a degree program.
The Department of English Language Studies offers a highly praised program training teachers of English to speakers of other languages. The graduate program leads to the master of arts degree in TESOL. An undergraduate program leads to a certificate in English language teaching. The teacher-training program also offers regular public lectures and open-access workshops for ESOL professional development and an outreach program of free summer ESL classes for New York City immigrant communities taught by master’s degree students.