Applied Linguistics and TESOL (with Professional Experience), MA, University of Portsmouth

the United Kingdom

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The award	How you will study	Study duration	Course start	Domestic course fees	International course fees
MA	Full-time	2 years	September, January	find out	find out

About Applied Linguistics and TESOL (with Professional Experience), MA - at University of Portsmouth

Overview

If you're a teacher of English to speakers of other languages (TESOL, ELT, EFL, EAP), or looking to begin a TESOL career, this two-year MA Applied Linguistics and TESOL (with Professional Experience) degree will enable you to enhance your skills and employability with real workplace experience.

During your first year, you'll be taught by our linguistics experts at the University, learning to apply the latest TESOL theory to classroom situations and critically evaluate your own approaches to teaching in a global context. You'll also work on lesson and course planning and design, and learn how to conduct and analyse research into teaching techniques.

If you've completed initial ELT, TESOL or TEFL teacher training but you don't yet have a minimum of three months full-time teaching experience, you'll also do an extra module to build up your practical teaching skills.

In Year two, you'll apply your learning on an 8-10 month work placement tailored to your career goals.

You'll graduate with the communication and intercultural skills and expertise to work as a more effective and well-rounded TESOL practitioner, in the UK or overseas. You could also go on to roles in areas such as educational management or leadership, curriculum development, editing, publishing or advertising.

Course highlights

Gain first-hand experience on an 8-10 month work placement related to your chosen career, such as in an English language school, allowing you to apply theory to practice and build a solid professional network
Enhance your abilities to teach English to speakers of other languages in the UK and around the world
Expand your knowledge of the theories and methods used in linguistics, and conduct and analyse research into teaching techniques
Reflect on your classroom practice in order to improve the way you teach
Learn to plan and design lessons and courses that create an effective and engaging learning experience for students

Career development

Careers this Master’s prepares you for

English is a global language. It's taught and learned all around the world – so much so that people who have learned it as a second language now outnumber native English speakers (ThoughtCo).

Those who teach English to speakers of other languages need expert training in the field, both theoretical and in the classroom, in order to provide the highest standards of teaching.

This Master's course will give you an internationally recognised qualification, 8-10 months of professional experience, and the linguistics and teaching theory to gain a competitive advantage and deliver the best possible TESOL training.

Graduates of this course have gone onto areas such as:

teaching English as a second/foreign language
teaching ESOL in the UK
teaching other languages, applying skills learning on this course
educational management and/or leadership
teacher training
materials writing
curriculum development
editing
publishing
advertising

Graduates of this course have gone onto roles such as:

Director of Studies (DoS)
Senior Teacher
Senior Lecturer of English as a Foreign Language

Career outcomes shown are sourced from the latest available graduate outcome surveys. The data shows career outcomes at 15 months after graduation.

Notes about fees for this course

https://www.port.ac.uk/study/masters-and-postgraduate-taught/fees-and-funding

Entry requirements

A second-class honours degree or equivalent, plus initial teacher training and a minimum of three months full-time, relevant, teaching experience. If you do not have relevant teaching experience, you can still apply for our campus programme, and you will study an additional non-credit bearing module The Classroom Practice of TESOL at no additional cost.

English language proficiency at a minimum of IELTS band 6.5 with no component score below 6.5.

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