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MA Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages

University of Leeds, United Kingdom
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Course Overview

Our students frequently find that new career opportunities open up for them, either in their home countries or in new international settings. Students who return to their original classrooms often find they have fresh perspectives and their work becomes more rewarding and effective.

Some of our recent graduates have gone on to work in teaching, materials creation, curriculum design, language translation for commercial organisations, and outreach language support for charities and Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs). Our graduates have also gone on to start their own private language teaching businesses or move from school to university teaching.

General Eligibility

A bachelor's degree with a 2:1 (Hons) plus two years of relevant experience.

Part Time Work Details

20 Hours of Work permit weekly for international students.

What You'll Study

1 Year 1

Compulsory modules

  • Learning and Teaching in TESOL

  • Research Methods and Dissertation in MA TESOL programmes and MA TESOL Studies

  • Analysing Language

  • Language Development for TESOL

Optional modules (selection of typical options shown below)

Candidates will be required to study 30 or 60 credits from the following optional modules:

  • Global Learning in UK Primary Schools

  • Creative Inquiry, Communication and Learning

  • Directed Study in Education 1

  • Technology Enhanced Language Learning

  • Learning and Teaching Vocabulary

  • Introducing a Task-Based Curriculum in Classrooms and Systems

  • Grammar, Learning and Teaching

  • Teaching Academic English

  • Corpus Linguistics in the Classroom

  • Tasks and Materials for TESOL

  • Current Issues in Second Language Teacher Education

  • Assessing Language Learning

  • Teaching Languages to Young Learners

Language Requirement

  • IELTS6.0
  • TOEFL78
  • PTE58
  • Duolingo79

IELTS 6.5 overall, with no less than 6.0 in any components.

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For any enquiries or further details, please don't hesitate to contact us. Let's take the next step in your academic journey together.

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