MA in Applied Linguistics for TESOL

The English Language Centre's MA in Applied Linguistics for TESOL program offers excellent opportunities for experienced language teachers to develop careers in English language teaching.

The program is designed for anyone with an interest in the wider aspects of teaching English as a foreign language, combining innovative classroom practices with an understanding of issues such as language structure and research methodology.

Course Structure

The program offers a core of syllabus design and assessment, with greater depth provided through further required modules focusing on both theoretical and practical aspects of the English language and on classroom practice. You will then have the opportunity to broaden your knowledge base by taking three or four further optional modules covering a wide range of relevant areas. The MA is completed by a 15,000-word dissertation.

Core Modules

• Language Teaching Methodology
• Second Language Development: Perspectives for Teaching
• Basic Research Methods (non-credit bearing)
• Language for Teaching
• Advanced Teaching Practice: The Reflective Practitioner.

Optional Modules

Previous optional modules have included:

• Advanced Research Methods
• Evaluation and Assessment
• Teaching English for Academic Purposes
• Teacher Training, Development, and Education
• World Englishes
• English for Specific Purposes
• ELT Materials Development and Evaluation
• Discourse, Texts, and TESOL
• English Language Teaching Management
• Teaching Young Learners
• Pragmatics and the Language Classroom.

You can also choose to study an optional module offered to students across the University as one of your four options:

• Expert English
• Foreign Language.

MA Streams

You can choose to further focus your Master's qualification through our program streams. To qualify, you must choose the optional module and complete your dissertation in the same topic area.

• English for Academic Purposes (Q3K907)