Key Facts
- Indicative Fee
Home/EU: £5450 Part-Time: £2725
International: £12300 Part-Time: £6150 - Financial support
- Course Tutor(s):David Block
- Duration: One year full-time or two years part-time.
- Study Method: Full-time, Part-time
- Department: Dept of Culture, Communication and Media
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Bilingual Learners MA
This masters degree will:
- develop your understanding of the linguistic and cultural resources and needs of minority ethnic and bilingual learners
- equip you with knowledge about language description, and the ways that bilingual learners acquire and use language in urban schools
- emphasise the ways in which teachers can best support the language and literacy development of children from diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds
- cover the needs and circumstances of the range of bilingual learners from nursery level to young adults.
Features
This masters degree provides the opportunity to:
- acquire theoretical and practical knowledge about bilingualism in contemporary societies
- investigate good practice in multilingual teaching and classroom interaction
- gain an in-depth knowledge of multicultural and multilingual communities such as London
- analyse and carry out research in multilingual classrooms.
Who is this programme for?
Teachers, administrators and researchers who work in the field of English as an additional language, or who teach bilingual learners in multilingual schools.
Entry requirements
A good first degree. Most applicants have a teaching qualification, but this is not a formal requirement.
How are you assessed?
By 5,000-word coursework assignments and a 20,000-word dissertation or 10,000-word report.
Attendance
Face-to-face daytime and/or evening sessions.