Applied Linguistics and TESOL MA

Program Overview

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Overview

Our Applied Linguistics and TESOL MA will build on your interest in learning and teaching a foreign or second language. You will be guided by renowned researchers with extensive teaching experience.

As part of this degree, we will address some of the following questions:

What are the key cognitive and social processes of learning a second or foreign language?

How do people teach and learn in the classroom and in wider settings?

How do teachers and learners engage effectively with technology?

How can teachers use critical reflection to improve their practices?

This Applied Linguistics and TESOL course is available to:

those with teaching experience (in-service)

those without teaching experience (pre-service)

lecturers at higher education institutions

Our range of optional modules will allow you to build your own course to match your individual interests.

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Program Outline

What you'll learn

By the end of this course, you'll be familiar with key theories and current developments in applied linguistics and TESOL. In particular, you'll develop your knowledge of:

practical language learning and teaching practices

teacher development

cognitive and social processes of language learning

second language use in and outside the classroom

teaching methodology

You will also produce a dissertation, in which you carry out your own research project. We will support you along the way.

The knowledge gained on this course can help you with a career in teaching and/or research into language use, learning and teaching.

The Applied Linguistics and TESOL course consists of three main parts:

compulsory modules (60 credits)

optional modules (60 credits)

research project (60 credits)

Optional modules include a wide range of modules in TESOL and applied linguistics, as well as linguistics and education. You can build the course to match your individual interests and/or future career needs.

Most modules last one semester.

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Modules

You will study modules on this course. A module is a unit of a course with its own approved aims and outcomes and assessment methods.

Course content changes

Module information is intended to provide an example of what you will study.

Our teaching is informed by research. Course content changes periodically to reflect developments in the discipline, the requirements of external bodies and partners, and student feedback.

Full details of the modules on offer will be published through the Programme Regulations and Specifications ahead of each academic year. This usually happens in May.

Optional modules availability

Some courses have optional modules. Student demand for optional modules may affect availability.

To find out more please see our terms and conditions.

Applied Linguistics and TESOL MA modules

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Modules

On this Applied Linguistics and TESOL MA programme, all candidates must complete 180 credits. These include the following compulsory modules:

Research Methods in Applied Linguistics (20 credits) (semesters 1 and 2)

Dissertation (60 credits) (semester 3)

You will also take at least two further compulsory modules from the following list:

English Language Teaching Methods (20 credits) (semester 1)

Language Learning (20 credits) (semester 1)

Language Awareness (20 credits) (semester 2)

The remaining credits will be completed by taking some of the following optional modules on the MA Applied Linguistics and TESOL:

Discourse Analysis (20 credits) (semester 1)

Technology Enhanced Language Learning (20 credits) (semester 1)

Teaching Languages Online (20 credits) (semester 2)

Spoken Interaction in Language Learning and Testing Contexts (20 credits) (semester 2)

TESOL for Young Learners (20 credits) (semester 2)

Thinking Skills in ELT (20 credits) (semester 2)

Reflective Practice and Second Language Teacher Development (20 credits) (semester 2)

Students are also permitted to take up to 20 credits from modules available on the MA Cross-Cultural Communication:

Language & Intercultural Pragmatics (20 credits) (semester 1)

English in the World (20 credits) (semester 1)

Multilingualism, Language Planning, Policy, and Identity (20 credits) (semester 2)

Sociolinguistics (20 credits) (semester 2)

Multimodal Communication (20 credits) (semester 2)