Master Degree in English Language Teaching online

Course information

• Why choose this course?

  Developed collaboratively by the University of Southampton and the British Council, it offers postgraduate- level study in key areas of current theory and practice in applied linguistics and English language teaching.

  • This course makes use of the latest developments in technological design and is delivered by an experienced team of e-tutors through an online distance-learning environment.
  • Students engage in online discussion and use interactive multimedia course materials including lectures and podcasts by internationally renowned staff from the University of Southampton.
  • Students have access to the University library and its stock of e-books and journals online.
  • The programme structure involves two years of taught assessed modules and a final semester spent undertaking research and writing a dissertation

  Take this course and you will:

  • take part in online discussions with internationally renowned staff from the University of Southampton
  • learn through using interactive multimedia course materials including lectures and podcasts
  • have access to the University library and its stock of e-books and journals online
  • gain the skills and knowledge you need to take on leadership roles in ELT

  Find out more or contact us at MastersELTonline@britishcouncil.org

• Course Content

  Learning and teaching

  Students can expect a weekly commitment of 10 to 12 hours of online study, chatroom seminars and online forums, supported by 10 hours of private study. The course concludes with a 15,000-20,000 word dissertation.

   

  Modules of the MA programme:

  • Language Analysis for Teaching: Covers all language analysis for the teaching and learning of English.
  • Principles of Communicative Language Teaching: Explores the context, methods and approaches of communicative language teaching.
  • A Critical Appraisal of Language Teaching Methodologies: A comparison and evaluation of different teaching and learning approaches and methods.
  • E-learning for English Language Teaching: To understand and develop Insight and skills in all aspects of e-learning, tutoring and moderation.
  • English as a World Language: Exploring the place and role of English as a world language.
  • Discourse Analysis: The study of various approaches to analyzing written and spoken language use.
  • Second Language Learning: Exploring second language acquisition (SLA) and use.
  • Research skills for Dissertation: Introduction to a range of research approaches relevant to dissertation study.
  • Dissertation: Supervised 15,000 a 20,000 word dissertation research.

• Information about the Programme

  Qualifications and typical entry requirements:

  • Degree: a good first degree in language or other relevant discipline, plus two years’ relevant experience related to English language teaching.
  • International students must meet the English Requirement of Southampton University (IELTS 6.5 or equivalent).
  • A university application with transcripts and personal statement must be provided.

  Programme Structure:

  This programme is divided into 180 credits with 120 credits obtained from taught modules and the remaining 60 credits from the dissertation.

• Price

  £8400 to be paid in three annual installments of £2800