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TESOL Distance – (M.A.)
Lancaster University
Department of Linguistics and English Language
| Application Deadline: | 30 Jun 2011 | ||
| Location: | Lancaster / United Kingdom / View location on map ▾ Hide location on map ▴ | ||
| Duration: | 24 months | Start Date: | September |
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| Languages: | English | ||
Location of Lancaster University
Lancaster has a world-wide reputation for excellence in research on language teaching and second language acquisition. Staff members Martin Bygate, Judit Kormos , Andrea Révész, Gila Schauer and Alan Waters have led and contributed to numerous national and international projects in the field of foreign and second language teaching and learning. They have also authored a number of well-known and popular books and articles on language teaching methodology and the study of second language acquisition.
The Lancaster ELT 'brand' is widely recognised by employers throughout the world as a mark of quality. Many former Lancaster MA TESOL students are now in leading language teaching positions in their home institutions in many parts of the world, as well as in Ministries of Education, curriculum development centres, research posts, and so on.
Our web-based MA TESOL programme is designed to build on our many years of experience of offering our very successful face-to-face on-campus MA TESOL programme, and mirrors it closely in terms of structure, content and methods of study, incorporating a new assessed research methods module which acts as link between the taught modules and the dissertation phase. The difference is that you do not have to leave your workplace to pursue your studies in Lancaster. It offers you the opportunity for part-time distance learning and for basing your coursework and dissertation on issues and problems in your own educational context.
Aims
* To provide a thorough introduction to academic research and thinking of relevance to TESOL.
* To identify issues of contemporary interest in the field of TESOL, and develop enlightened attitudes towards them.
* To develop expertise in handling applied linguistic procedures for conducting evidence-based enquiry within the field of TESOL.
Contents
The programme is entirely web-based. The course begins in late September, with an orientation session conducted on the Internet. This familiarises you with the requirements of the programme and of web-based learning, and also introduces you to your tutors and fellow students.
There are five taught modules, taken in this order:
* Second Language Acquisition (October-December, Year 1)
* Pedagogical Grammar (January - March, Year 1)
* Trends and Issues in Language Teaching Methodology (April - June, Year 1)
* Curriculum Design and Teacher Development in Language Education (October - December, Year 2)
* Second Language Classroom Research (January - March, Year 2)
Each module is completed within a 10-week period and assessed by a 5,000 word assignment.
The final component of the course (from April, Year 2 - September, Year 2) involves a dissertation of 15,000 words, on an area of research relevant to your own teaching context.
Study throughout all of the modules and the dissertation component is comprehensively supported by members of the Lancaster teaching staff, through supervised web-based group discussions and individual academic supervision.
IELTS
You are normally required to take an English Proficiency Test.
Most European Universities recognise the IELTS test.
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Entry requirements:
* Academic: upper-second class degree or higher or equivalent, in a relevant specialism (language studies or linguistics-oriented ones preferred)
* Foreign language teaching experience of two or more years
* English language level (for applicants whose native language is not English): minimum IELTS 6.5 (with at least 6.0 in Reading and Writing) / paper-based TOEFL 580 / CBT 237 / or equivalent
Additional Requirements
| Minimal degree required: | Bachelor's degree |
| Minimal amount of work experience | Not specified |
Language Proficiency
| IELTS Band: | 6.5 |
| Cambridge English: Advanced (CAE): | Grade B (Score: 75) |
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