English Language Teaching – (M.Ed.)

* There are three potential curriculum routes to the dissertation: (i) for the mid-career professional who wants to move into TESOL management or programme design; (ii) for the professional who seeks a more academic applied linguistics degree for a career in management or programme design in more specialist areas of language learning and teaching; (iii) the novice/unqualified route for someone who wants to get a job in TESOL.
* There is a specific emphasis on how theory relates to practice. You will be encouraged to take a broader view of the links between classroom activity and approaches to programme design, teacher training, management and policy decisions.

* MEd: 12 months full-time; 72 months (maximum) part-time

You will take three core and three optional courses. You will also have the opportunity to investigate and produce a dissertation on an issue relevant to your professional development and teaching context.

Core courses

* Language learning and applications to the classroom
* Descriptions of language and applications to the classroom
* Introduction to educational and social research.

Optional courses

* Classroom processes: introduction to teaching and learning
* Course design and practice in English language teaching
* Which English? Sociolinguistics and language teaching
* Language proficiency assessment and feedback
* Phonetics and phonology
* Discourse studies
* Educational management and leadership
* Social, emotional and behavioural difficulties
* The education of highly able pupils
* Developing literacy
* Modern educational thought
* Educational psychology
* Advanced educational research.