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- Indicative Fee
Home/EU: £8667 Part-Time: £4333
International: £8667 Part-Time: £4333 - Financial support
- Duration: Two to four years distance learning.
- Study Method: Part-time Distance, Part-time
- Department: Dept of Culture, Communication and Media
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TESOL (Teaching of English to Speakers of Other Languages) (Distance Learning) MA
This masters degree will:
- enhance your understanding of key concepts and ideas dealt with in the professional and academic literature relevant to TESOL
- give you insight into a wider range of perspectives on the theory, policy and practice of TESOL
- analyse, synthesise and evaluate primary and secondary sources
- help you to plan and implement small-scale research projects
- develop your aptitude for sustained and independent argument
- increase your capacity for critical self-reflection.
Features
This masters degree provides the opportunity to:
- discuss and debate issues related to teaching English as a foreign or second language
- explore the interface between theory and practice
- discuss your ongoing work in individual tutorials, and receive detailed feedback on drafts of assessed work
- reflect on your own professional work in the light of current theory and research in TESOL
- envisage new possibilities for action in the future.
Who is this programme for?
Practising teachers of English as a second or foreign language (ESL, EFL, ESOL) throughout the world. We accept teachers of other languages on the understanding that most of the examples used during the programme will be drawn from English language teaching.
Entry requirements
Normally, a good first degree in a relevant field of study, a teaching qualification and appropriate teaching experience. Candidates with less teaching experience should have an outstanding academic record and should demonstrate insight into language learning and teaching.
If you have successfully completed the Cambridge ESOL Diploma in English Language Teaching (DELTA) within the past five years, you are eligible for exemption from one 30-credit optional module.
In addition to the requirements listed above, you should have daily access to a computer that supports the virtual learning environment used for the programme.
How are you assessed?
By coursework assignments of up to 5,000 words and a 20,000-word dissertation or 10,000-word report.
Attendance
Online learning.