MA TESOL program: there is no language component or requirement. MA TESOL students may use some of their elective courses to take language courses regularly offered at the Monterey Institute, including: Chinese (Mandarin), English, French, German, Japanese Russian, and Spanish. These languages are offered starting at the third-year college-level. Arabic is offered starting at the second year college-level.

MA TFL program: As part of their degree requirements, MATFL students take between 8 to 12 credits of appropriate language study courses.