C04178v4 Master of Arts in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages

Award(s): Master of Arts in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (MA TESOL)
CRICOS code: 015956B
Load credit points: 72
Course EFTSL: 1.5
Location: City campus
Faculty/institute responsible: Education

Note(s)

This course is under review for 2007. Refer to the Faculty of Education website for the most up-to-date details.

Overview
Course aims
Career options
Additional admission requirements
Additional recognition of prior learning
Course duration and attendance
Course structure
Course completion requirements
Course program
Other information

Overview

The Master of Arts in TESOL is a practice-oriented course designed for those wishing to teach English as a foreign or second language. The course has been designed to cater for both trained teachers wishing to upgrade their qualifications, and those wishing to obtain an initial teaching qualification.

The course is specifically designed to meet the needs of international students by providing additional English language tuition and support, as well as a range of subjects that are relevant to the needs of those working in the profession of English as a Foreign Language (EFL) education.

Course aims

The course aims to enable students to consolidate or extend their specialist professional competence as practitioners in teaching spoken and written English in an international context.

Career options

Career options include leadership roles in the TESOL field such as curriculum developers, researchers, program managers or exemplary teachers.

Additional admission requirements

Applicants require:

an undergraduate degree or equivalent from a recognised university (essential)
some teaching experience (desirable), and
an IELTS of at least 6.5 overall with 6.0 in writing (TOEFL 550).

Additional recognition of prior learning

Students who possess a recognised teaching qualification and English language teaching experience may be exempt from up to four subjects.

Course duration and attendance

Students commence this course in Autumn or Spring semester and attend full time.

The course is normally completed in one-and-a-half years of full-time study, or one year of full-time, on-campus study with exemption from Professional Experience and English Support subjects.

Course structure

The course totals 72 credit points, made up of eight compulsory subjects and four subjects chosen from the list of possible electives given in CBK90265.

English language support is fully integrated into the course. At entry, students receive initial English language training specifically for this course. Tutorial support is provided at each stage of the course and provides specific support for each of the subjects undertaken.

Course completion requirements

CBK90265 Language, Literacy and Numeracy subjects		24cp
STM90388 Professional Experience stream (LLN)		12cp
STM90422 Core subjects		36cp
Total		72cp

Course program

A typical program is shown below for a student commencing in Autumn semester.



Year 1
Autumn semester
Select one of the following:		6cp
015421 Language Teaching Methodology	6cp
015120 Theory and Practice in TESOL	6cp
015250 Professional Experience 1: Introduction to Teaching		6cp
015126 Research Approaches		6cp
015153 Teaching and Learning Literacy		6cp
Spring semester
Select one of the following:		6cp
015422 Linguistic Foundations for Language Teachers	6cp
015152 Language in Social Context	6cp
015253 Professional Experience 2: Teaching and Learning in Context		6cp
015127 Grammar and the Construction of Meaning		6cp
015158 Language Development		6cp
Year 2
Autumn semester
CBK90265 Language, Literacy and Numeracy subjects		24cp

Other information

For further information, contact the Faculty on:

telephone +61 2 9514 3900
email international@uts.edu.au