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Masters Compare - Find your perfect masters course.
Study Details: 1 year full-time
2 years part-time
3 years part-time (Distance)
Develop your abilities as a teacher of English to speakers of other languages, or kickstart your TESOL career, on this flexible Master's in Applied Linguistics and TESOL.
You may already be an established TESOL practitioner (or ELT, EFL or EAP) with a minimum of three months full-time teaching experience, looking to advance your skills and become an expert in your field. If not, as long as you've completed initial ELT, TESOL or TEFL teacher training, you can still apply for this course and do an extra module to build up your practical teaching skills.
On this course, you'll apply contemporary TESOL theory to the classroom. Guided by our expert teaching team, you can apply your learning to the context of teaching you currently work in or aspire to, whether that's in the private or state sector, teaching adults, primary, secondary or higher education.
A second-class honours degree or equivalent.
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As a TESOL practitioner with a postgraduate qualification, you'll be ready to teach English to speakers of other languages all around the world to the highest professional standard. There are now more people who learn English as a second language than there are native speakers (ThoughtCo), so your skills will be in high demand.
When you complete the course, you'll have the specialist knowledge to stand out to employers at institutions such as universities, language schools and private schools in the UK and overseas.
Core modules:
Second Language Acquisition - 30 credits
Theory and Practice of TESOL - 30 credits
Optional modules:
The English Language Teaching Project - 30 credits
Analysing Language in Social Contexts - 30 credits
Psychology of Language Learning and Teaching - 30 credits
World Englishes - 30 credits
Analysing, Evaluating and Writing Materials - 30 credits
Corpus Linguistics - 30 credits
Professional Portfolio - 30 credits
Dissertation Project - 60 credits
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