Foreign Language Education at Lewis & Clark College
Lewis & Clark College has a reputation for preparing excellent teachers of the liberal arts. The Preservice Master of Arts in Teaching (M.A.T.) Intern Program continues this tradition by offering recent graduates and adults in career transition the opportunity to become colleagues with a gifted and committed faculty and fellow interns to earn an Oregon Initial Teaching License at the middle school and high school levels. This program prepares new teachers to think analytically about their subject matter and the school curriculum, their practice of the teaching craft, and their role in the ethical and organizational dilemmas of schooling. Individuals who hold a baccalaureate degree with a major (or in some cases a minor) in French or Spanish may apply to the Preservice M.A.T. Intern Program which features: - A nine month internship in a middle or high school in the Portland metropolitan area working with an experienced foreign language mentor teacher
- Campus studies in education, language teaching, and curriculum theory and construction
- Examination of foreign language instruction
- Understanding of the intellectual and empirical research traditions as applied to education and foreign language teaching
- Fulfillment of the requirements for an Initial Oregon Initial Teaching License in foreign language instruction at the middle and high school levels
The Preservice M.A.T. in Foreign Language degree program stresses a strong disciplinary background and commitment to critical appraisal of curriculum in the candidate’s field. For further information about licensing, degree programs, and course offerings in the teaching of foreign language, please contact Greg Smith gasmith@lclark.edu or by phone at (503) 768-6119. For financial aid information, please call the Student Financial Services Office at (503) 768-7090 or e-mail sfs@lclark.edu and request graduate information.
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