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MSc Language Teaching - 1 Year (Full-time)

MSc Language Teaching - 2 Years (Part-time)

PgDip Language Teaching - 9 Months (Full-time)

PgDip Language Teaching - 21 Months (Part-time)

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Contact information: Kirsty Woomble (Postgraduate Admissions)
Phone: +44 (0)131 651 3121
Email: k.woomble@ed.ac.uk; Dr Aileen Irvine (Programme Director)
Phone: +44 (0)131 651 6145
Email: langteach@ed.ac.uk; Address: Moray House School of Education
Old Moray House
Edinburgh
EH8 8AQ

Whether you are a newly qualified or experienced teacher, or you are involved in a related area of language teaching, such as curriculum development, you will benefit from the blend of educational and linguistic foundations on offer.

You also benefit from unrivalled joint resources and expertise offered by the department of Linguistics & English Language, the Institute for Applied Language Studies and the Moray House School of Education – all leading centres for the studies of language and teaching.

Entry requirements

The minimum entry requirement is a UK 2:1 honours degree or its international equivalent in a relevant discipline. Alternatively, you may be considered on the basis of employment or relevant experience.

International students

All applicants must meet our general entry and language requirements. Detailed advice for international students is available here:

Programme description

This programme will develop your love of language and its teaching, giving you the knowledge and professional skills you need to enter this challenging area, or to extend your current career. You will learn through a combination of fundamental theory and practice, including class observation.

Programme structure

For the MSc you will complete six compulsory courses and two optional courses, plus a dissertation. The PgDip comprises a similar combination of compulsory and optional courses.

MSc compulsory courses

Compulsory courses:

Language and the Learner
Language, Education and Society
Professional Practice
Research Methods (Part One) Sources of Knowledge
Research Methods (Part Two) Conceptualising Research: Foundations, * Assumptions and Praxis
Research Methods (Part 3) Planning Research

Optional courses

Optional courses may include:

Language Programme Design
Language Testing
Evaluation and Design of TESOL Materials
Techniques & Processes of Teacher Education and Supervision for TESOL
TESOL for Young Learners
Online Language Learning
Approaches to Media Analysis
Teaching Texts Across Borders–From Picture Books to Teenage Fiction and Film
Theory and Practice of Second Language Learning
TESOL Methodology
Text, Discourse and Language Teaching
Second Language Teaching Curriculum and Language in Use

Career Opportunities

This qualification will allow you to pursue opportunities in foreign or second language teaching, either as a newly qualified teacher looking to enter the profession, an experienced practitioner seeking to diversify or reinforce your current career, or a non-qualified teacher with an interest in foreign language tuition.

You will also gain a host of valuable transferable skills that you can carry into any career situation.

Funding

Please see Scholarships and Student Funding Services for information about funding opportunities:

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This article was published on Apr 25, 2013