MA Teaching English as a Foreign Language/Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TEFL/TESOL)

University of Essex

Postgraduate

In Colchester

£ 6,125 + VAT

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Description

  • Type

    Postgraduate

  • Location

    Colchester

  • Duration

    1 Year

About the course
This is a Masters course that can take you into employment anywhere in the world


If you are enthusiastic about teaching English as a foreign or second language, then our course offers you vocationally-relevant, research-led training of the highest quality, taught by academics known for their teaching excellence


You explore teaching methods and the description of English used in the investigation of language learning and teaching, and study additional topics according to your needs

These might include:
How second language learners acquire vocabulary, and how vocabulary can be taught
Computer-assisted language-learning
Literature and language-learning
Materials design and evaluation
Teaching Writing in EFL/ESL
You also gain hands-on teaching experience through our Teaching Practice I and Teaching Practice II modules


Whether you have no prior teaching experience or are already an English language teacher, this course can be adapted to suit you

If you have little or no previous teaching experience, you receive ‘hands on’ teaching practice throughout the course via TEFL, while if you already have more than two year’s full-time teaching experience, you can undertake specialist study through TESOL instead


You'll be part of our Centre for Research in Language Development throughout the Lifespan (LaDeLi), a unique research centre specialising in all aspects of language learning and development


We are one of the largest and most prestigious language and linguistics departments in the world, a place where talented students become part of an academic community in which the majority of research is rated ‘world-leading’ or ‘internationally excellent’ (REF 2014), placing us firmly within the top 10 departments in the UK and ranked among the top 150 departments on the planet according to the QS World [University] Rankings [2016] for linguistics

Facilities

Location

Start date

Colchester (Essex)
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Wivenhoe Park, CO4 3SQ

Start date

On request

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Subjects

  • Teaching
  • English
  • TEFL
  • TESOL
  • Learning Teaching
  • Writing
  • Design
  • Materials
  • Teaching Methods
  • Evaluation

Course programme

Example structure
Postgraduate study is the chance to take your education to the next level. The combination of compulsory and optional modules means our courses help you develop extensive knowledge in your chosen discipline, whilst providing plenty of freedom to pursue your own interests. Our research-led teaching is continually evolving to address the latest challenges and breakthroughs in the field, therefore to ensure your course is as relevant and up-to-date as possible your core module structure may be subject to change.
For many of our courses you’ll have a wide range of optional modules to choose from – those listed in this example structure are, in many instances, just a selection of those available. Our Programme Specification gives more detail about the structure available to our current postgraduate students, including details of all optional modules.
Year 1
Teaching Practice I
Description of Language for TEFL/ELT and Applied Linguistics
Approaches, Methods and Teacher Development for TEFL/TESOL
Research Methods I
Assignment Writing and Dissertation Preparation
Research Methods II
MA Dissertation
Second Language Vocabulary: Learning, Teaching and Use (optional)
Topics in the Psychology of Language Learning and Teaching (optional)
Foundations of Computer Assisted Language Learning (optional)
Literature and Language Teaching (optional)
Materials Design and Evaluation (optional)
Teaching, Listening and Speaking (optional)
Teaching and Learning Grammar (optional)
Teaching English to Young Learners: Principles and Practice (optional)
Teaching Practice II (optional)
Reflective Practitioner (optional)
Teaching Reading and Writing in TEFL/TESOL (optional)
Teaching
Teaching methods include lectures, demonstrations and learning by teaching others
We run a weekly departmental seminar, attended by both staff and students
Assessment
Your eight one-term modules are assessed by coursework and you are also assessed on your dissertation
Dissertation
Your 16,000-word dissertation allows you to focus in-depth on your chosen topic from April onwards
Close supervision by a member of staff within our Department
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Additional information

If you want a global outlook, are interested in human communication, and want to study for a degree with real-world practical value in a world-class department, welcome to Essex This course is also available on a part-time basis Our expert staff Our staff are internationally renowned Florence Myles authored the best-selling Second Language Learning Theories, and Bob Borsley wrote both Syntactic Theory: a Unified Approach and Modern Phrase Structure Grammar Other teachers on this course include Christina Gkonou, who has conducted extensive research into the effects of individual factors like anxiety on success in language learning, and Julian Good and Tracey Costley, who have taught English in Europe, the Far East and South America for many years before coming to Essex Karen Roehr-Brackin is a leading expert on the relationship between metalinguistic knowledge (conscious awareness of the rules of language) and language learning ability, and Adela Gánem-Gutiérrez is a leading expert on the use of computers and the role that interaction in the classroom plays in language learning Specialist facilities An exciting programme of research seminars and other events Our Languages for All programme offers you the opportunity to study an additional language alongside your course at no extra cost Our Albert Sloman Library houses a strong collection of books, journals, electronic resources and major archives Your future Takers of our MA TEFL and other courses in English Language Teaching come with the specific intention of entering the ELT/TESOL profession, which they duly go on to do Students on these courses often join us after a career in English teaching, to update their expertise and return to the classroom with a career enhancement The specialist knowledge you gain enables you to take senior or specialist roles (for example in computer-assisted language-learning, ESP or teaching young learners), not necessarily only in the classroom but also...

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