Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages, MA / PGDip

Practically Learn to Teach English to Speakers of Other Languages

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Course Overview

The MA in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages gives you the valuable skills to engage with theoretical and practical challenges of teaching English as a foreign language, or as a second language.   

You can choose to complete a dissertation or compile a portfolio for the second stage of the course.

Why Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages at Swansea?

Swansea University has one of the longest-established TESOL training and education centres in the UK and is internationally known for excellence in vocabulary research.

The faculty is based on our energising Singleton Park campus, in parkland overlooking Swansea Bay.

The Graduate Centre is designed to promote individual and collaborative research activity of international standard, providing a supportive environment for those undertaking postgraduate research and taught masters study.

It offers postgraduate training to enhance academic and professional development, and facilitates seminar programmes, workshops and international conferences.

Your Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages Experience

The full-time course is divided across the year with three modules offered in each academic semester, before a professional practice portfolio is assembled or a dissertation is written over the summer.

A variety of compelling modules include:

  • Communicative language teaching
  • Grammatical analysis
  • Discourse analysis for language teaching
  • Research methods for applied linguistics  
  • Second language acquisition
  • Vocabulary: teaching and learning

Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages Employment Opportunities

The MA in Teaching English To Speakers of Other Languages is an ideal course if you are dedicated to an applied language career.

Graduates from this course typically progress to further study, research or teaching.

Modules

You study a set number of compulsory and optional 20-credit modules before undertaking a 60-credit portfolio or dissertation project. A wide variety of modules include communicative language teaching, grammatical analysis and professional reflective practice.