Applied Linguistics and TESOL (with Professional Experience)

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 from the University of Portsmouth will enable you to enhance your skills and employability with real workplace experience.

During your first year at MA Applied Linguistics and TESOL (with Professional Experience) degree from the University of Portsmouth , you'll be taught by 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.

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

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 roles such as:

• Director of Studies (DoS)

• Senior Teacher

• Senior Lecturer of English as a Foreign Language

Modules include:

• Dissertation Project

• Second Language Acquisition

• Theory and Practice of TESOL

• Analysing Language in Social Contexts

• Psychology of Language Learning and Teaching

• Analysing, Evaluating and Writing Materials