Teaching English as a Foreign Language

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If you are enthusiastic about teaching English as a foreign or second language, and want to develop your understanding, knowledge and skills, then our MA Teaching English as a Foreign Language/English Language Teaching (TEFL/ELT) offers you vocationally-relevant, research-led training of the highest quality, taught by academics known for their teaching excellence.
All students take modules in the Description of English for TEFL/Applied Linguistics, Language Learning and Methods used in the investigation of language learning/teaching, and choose optional modules to suit their individual learning needs. Examples of options that are currently available are Second Language Vocabulary: Learning, Teaching and Use; Teaching and Learning Grammar; Teaching Listening and Speaking; Teaching Writing in EFL/ESL; Literature and Language Teaching; Foundations of CALL; and Materials Design and Evaluation. You will also write a dissertation on a topic of your choice. This is written between April and September.
Whether you have no prior teaching experience or are already an English language teacher, this Masters programme will meet your needs. Students with no or little previous teaching experience will get hands on teaching practice throughout the course. Students with at least two years full time teaching experience undertake specialist study instead. Our course will develop your skills including researching and research design, essay writing and teaching.
Please note that this course is also available on a part-time basis.

A Masters course is an academically rigorous programme during which you explore your subject in depth, reaching a high level of specialist knowledge. You draw on knowledge and skills from your undergraduate study or your professional life to produce work of a high academic standard, informed by current thinking and debate.
A full-time Masters course lasts for twelve months, starting in October, and consists of taught modules during your autumn and spring terms, and normally a research-based dissertation or other project-based work submitted in September. A part-time Masters course lasts for 24 months, normally starting in October, and consists of taught modules spread out over two years, with normally a research-based dissertation or other project-based work submitted in September of the second year. Each of the taught modules you take in the Department of Language and Linguistics counts for 15 credits. The total credit weighting for a Masters course is 180: 120 for taught modules and 60 for the MA dissertation. (If you are from the EU, then our Masters courses are regarded as second-cycle qualifications under the Bologna Declaration and consist of 90 ECTS credits).

Modules
Core modules
* Ma Dissertation

Compulsory modules
* Assignment Writing And Dissertation Preparation
* Description Of Language For Tefl/Elt And Applied Linguistics
* Language Learning
* Materials And Methods I
* Research Methods I
* Research Methods Ii

Optional modules
* Advanced English Language Teaching 1
* English Language Learning And Teaching 2
* Foundations Of Computer Assisted Language Learning
* Foundations Of Intercultural And Professional Communication
* Graduate Research Assignment
* Individual Differences In L2 Learning
* Introduction To English Language Teaching Methodology 1
* Introduction To English Language Teaching Methodology 2
* Introduction To Teaching English For Academic Purposes
* Literature And Language Teaching
* Materials And Methods Practicum
* Materials Design And Evaluation
* Second Language Acquisition And Linguistics Theory
* Second Language Vocabulary: Learning, Teaching And Use
* Sociolinguistics For Teachers Of Esol
* Teaching And Learning Grammar
* Teaching English To Young Learners: Principles And Practice
* Teaching Practice I
* Teaching Practice Ii
* Teaching Writing In Efl/Esl
* Teaching, Listening And Speaking
* The Role Of Age In Bilingual Development

Core modules must be taken and passed.
Core with options modules selected from limited lists must be taken and passed.
Compulsory modules must be taken.
Compulsory with options modules selected from limited lists must be taken.
Optional modules are selected from course specific lists.

Upper second class honours degree, or equivalent, in relevant subject area.IELTS 6.5. English Language Requirements IELTS band: 6.5 IMPORTANT NOTE: Since April 2014 the ETS tests (including TOEFL and TOEIC) are no longer accepted for Tier 4 visa applications to the United Kingdom. The university might still accept these tests to admit you to the university, but if you require a Tier 4 visa to enter the UK and begin your degree programme, these tests will not be sufficient to obtain your Visa. The IELTS test is most widely accepted by universities and is also accepted for Tier 4 visas to the UK- learn more.

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