About the course
This Master’s offers an advanced-level professional qualification for practising and aspiring teachers of English as a foreign language. It is designed for both native speakers and non-native speakers with a high level of English.
Through the course, you focus on areas such as the relationship between linguistics and second language learning; the methodology and techniques of language teaching; and the appropriate development of materials for language teaching and learning purposes. You also explore current issues in ELT and have the opportunity to carry out a major piece of individual research on a topic of your interest.
The course offers you professional training and development, and includes practical classroom experience on placement, with observed and assessed teaching practice. On successful completion, you achieve Teaching English as a Foreign Language (TEFL) Q status, meaning you are fully qualified in British Council terms.
Why choose this course?
- Study at our Bedford campus, a small, thriving academic community where staff get to know you well and provide individual academic support
- Access bespoke modern facilities for teacher training including our Teacher Education Centre with realistic mock classrooms, supported by advanced ICT resources
- Develop excellent transferable skills in communication, literacy and research, in demand across a wide range of sectors
- Benefit from the expertise of our Centre for Research in English Language Learning and Assessment (CRELLA), whose research is recognised as world leading by the Research Excellence Framework (REF) 2021
Units
- Dissertation In Applied Linguistics And Elt (LNG035-6) Compulsory
- Exploring Research: Concepts And Methods (LNG004-6) Compulsory
- Issues In Second Language Acquisitions (LNG020-6) Compulsory
- Materials Development For Language Teaching And Learning (LNG025-6) Compulsory
- Teaching Practice (LNG037-6) Compulsory
- The Language System And Language Teaching (LNG036-6) Compulsory
- The Methodology Of Language Teaching (LNG012-6) Compulsory
How will this course improve my career prospects?
On successful completion, you achieve Teaching English as a Foreign Language (TEFL) Q status, meeting British Council standards and meaning you are qualified to teach EFL in the UK and internationally.
The course could also be a route to progression for developers of educational materials; assessment and examination/test paper writers; and researchers in applied linguistics.
A considerable number of our graduates have gone on to follow a PhD project with our staff and with the Centre for Research in English Language Learning and Assessment (CRELLA), and some are currently employed by the University as visiting lecturers in EFL.
Graduates of this course have shown themselves to be highly competent and professional in whatever they have gone on to do.
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