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MA Language Teaching

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    MA 1 year full time, 2 years part time

Course Description

Develop an advanced conceptual understanding of language teaching and learning that will enable you to evaluate methodologies through your own independent research. Benefit from a prestigious, internationally recognised, relevant qualification and help to meet the ever-increasing demand for language teachers, particularly teachers of some non-European languages.

  • Undertake the only MA course of its kind in the UK
  • Obtain a general language teaching qualification for Europe and beyond
  • Teach your mother tongue, or any language which you speak to an adequate level
  • Focuses on general, theoretical aspects of language teaching, in contrast to a PGCE-style qualification, and gain a prestigious University of London degree
  • Benefit from London’s international English-speaking environment

Entry Requirements

A 2:1 or above at undergraduate level in a relevant subject.

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Fees

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Programme Funding

There are a number of ways you can fund your postgraduate degree.

  • Scholarships and bursaries
  • Postgraduate loans (UK students)
  • Country-specific scholarships for international students

Student Destinations

This course helps you to become a self-sufficient and confident teacher, with skills which are attractive to a wide range of employers, including:

  • universities in this country and abroad
  • private language schools
  • companies

You can also start your own business (for example, a language school, or business support and consulting).

You will be ideally placed to continue with further research, such as a PhD.

Module Details

Three compulsory modules

  • Teaching Languages: Approaches and Methods (semester 1)
  • Learning Languages: Second Language Acquisition (semester 2)
  • Research Methods in Language Teaching (semester 2)
  • Dissertation in Language Teaching (semester 3)

Three elective modules, you will have to choose two which run in semester 1, and one which runs in semester2.

Elective modules include:

  • General Linguistics for Language Teachers
  • Curriculum Design and Materials Evaluation for Language Teaching
  • Assessment in Language Teaching
  • Multimedia Materials Development for Language Teaching
  • Teaching Languages for Specific Purposes

We also offer free support modules for Critical Thinking and Writing for Applied Linguistics in semesters 1 and 2.

One compulsory 12,000-word dissertation

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