Selection Criteria

To be considered for admission, applicants for the MAT degree must meet the following criteria, in addition to other criteria noted on the following pages:

• US bachelor's degree (or equivalent) that demonstrates academic ability
• Relevant experience, including language learning and language teaching (minimum one year preferred)
• excellent communication skills
• demonstrated ability to use experience as a source of learning
• an understanding of the structure and philosophy of the MAT program.

Applicants for whom English is not a first language are required to demonstrate literacy and oral proficiency enabling them to successfully complete degree requirements. While SIT has no minimum score that would automatically eliminate an MAT application, both a standardized test and an oral proficiency interview are required. SIT considers official results of the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) and the International Education Language Testing System (IELTS). The average computer based TOEFL score for students enrolling in September 2003 was 238. The average IELTS band was 8. Oral proficiency for the same group averaged Advanced on the ACTFL scale (seventh level of a nine-level scale).

Additional Selection Criteria

In addition to selection criteria listed above, applicants to the Summer MAT program must meet the following additional criteria in order to be considered for admission:

• a minimum of two years of language teaching experience
• current employment in a position teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages that applicants return to between the two summers of coursework. The position must include a minimum of 12 hours of classroom teaching each week for a minimum of eight months, with a minimum of seven students per class.

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