Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) (MA)

Overview

The MA TESOL is aimed at teachers of English, recently qualified or with limited experience, who want to develop their careers. The course offers you opportunities to gain a deeper understanding of the language classroom through encouraging reflection on what it means to both teach and learn a language. There is a strong focus on intercultural issues, which are particularly relevant to language, communication and education, and a grounding in core areas such as linguistics, sociolinguistics and second language learning and teaching. Students gain new ways of thinking and talking about language, language teaching and classroom practice in the increasingly globalised world.

Applying and entry

PLEASE NOTE There is no official closing date for this course, but you are advised to apply as early as possible as we will only consider your application if there are places available on the course.

Tel: 020 7133 4202
Email: admissions@londonmet.ac.uk

Minimum entry requirements are usually a good Honours degree or equivalent in a relevant subject such as English or another language, education, linguistics etc. Applicants must be qualified teachers and have some language teaching experience beyond that included in a training programme. Applications which do not meet these criteria may be considered on a case-by-case basis.

Course contents

You will take 5 core modules, 1 optional module and a dissertation of around 15,000 words.

Core modules:

• Patterns in Global Sociolinguistics
• Issues in Language Learning: an Intercultural Approach
• Linguistics and Language Teaching
• Research Methods in Applied Linguistics
• Understanding the Language Classroom

Optional modules include:

• ESOL and the World City
• Materials Development: a Multimedia Approach
• Language Assessment and Testing
• The Classroom as Context
• Working with Discourse in Teaching and Learning

Read more details about the modules

Assessment
You will be assessed in a variety of ways, including essays, oral presentations, project work as well as a final dissertation. There are no examinations.

Careers

This course produces well-rounded, intellectually confident and interculturally aware reflective ELT practitioners. Successful completion will enhance your career opportunities enabling you to contribute substantially to the development of your own institution and beyond. Recent graduates have gone on to more senior positions in their own workplaces and elsewhere as senior teachers and advisors on curriculum, methodologies and materials. Progression to PhD studies for appropriate students is also encouraged.

Student profiles

"I was working as a state secondary school teacher in a rural area of Japan. I decided to study in London in order to improve my professional understanding of language teaching and my own proficiency in English. I attended pre-sessional English courses at the Learning Centre despite my satisfactory IELTS results. These courses were helpful for me in learning the language and developing research skills. Sharing the classroom with students from various countries made me aware of the role of English as a world language. The MA TESOL course at London Met gave me a chance to meet people who were from different backgrounds but shared similar interests in language teaching and comparative education study. We learnt from each other about styles of teaching and learning in different educational cultures. The course also helped me develop my critical awareness in language teaching, critical thinking and understanding of the value of collaboration. The tutors are enthusiastic and give us academic and personal support, which is one of the reasons why this course has been so successful. Now as a schoolteacher and also an academic researcher, I am excited about going back to teaching pupils in Japan. I will continue my research in the classroom and see how what I learnt applies to real students."

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