MA Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL)

Our distinctive, well-established and popular MA Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) is designed for those with less than one year?s language teaching experience. We explore different approaches to the teaching and learning of English and study the close relationship between language teaching theory and practice. The programme encourages you to use the concepts and theories that you encounter during your course of study in your own classroom. We aim to equip students with the linguistic and pedagogic knowledge, the research and analytic skills, and the confidence necessary to begin a career in English language teaching. Tailored to your level of experience ? this programme is specifically designed for inexperienced language teachers, so it will help you develop the skills and knowledge you need to advance your career. Excellent reputation ? the Department of English Language and Linguistics is one of the oldest and largest of its kind in the country. The University has also been ranked as one of the world’s top 50 institutions to study English Language and Literature in the 2020 QS World University Rankings. Access to fantastic resources ? YEnglish Language and Linguistics students at Birmingham have free access to the hardware, software and data resources held at the Centre for Corpus Research. You will also have access to the resources such as the Academic Writing Advisory Service and the Bank of Assessed Work to help with transitioning to postgraduate studies or if you are returning to the world of academia.

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