Language Education MSc, PgDip

For the Masters (MSc) you will complete five compulsory courses and two optional courses, plus a dissertation. The Diploma (PgDip) comprises a similar combination of compulsory and optional courses.

Compulsory courses:

• Language and the Learner
• Language, Education and Society
• Professional Practice
• Research Methods (Part 1) Sources of Knowledge
• Research Methods (Part 2) Conceptualising Research: Foundations, Assumptions and Praxis

Option courses may include:

• Language Testing
• Evaluation and Design of TESOL Materials
• Online Language Learning
• Text and Discourse in Language Teaching
• Second Language Teacher Education
• Language Awareness for Second Language Teachers
• Investigating Individual Learner Differences
• Corpus Linguistics and Language Teaching
• Global Englishes and Language Teaching
• Language and Culture Pedagogy
• Applied Linguistics and Language Teaching
• Teaching Languages to Young Learners

Find out more about compulsory and optional courses

We link to the latest information available. Please note that this may be for a previous academic year and should be considered indicative.

On successful completion of this programme you will be able to:

• Show understanding of seminal as well as recent concepts and theories in the field of language education.
• Critically review and engage with key principles underlying the field of language education.
• Plan and execute a significant piece of research of your choice relevant to the field of language education.
• Creatively apply theory to practice in a context sensitive manner.

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.

Teaching and learning environment

Find out more about our core and option courses, assessment and feedback, and support for learning.

• Teaching and learning environment

The MSc Language Education team

The MSc Language Education is led by a team of language professionals and researchers, expert in a wide variety of areas. We are a multilingual and multicultural team and have worked all over the globe in the field of language education.

• The MSc Language Teaching team

A UK 2:1 honours degree, or its international equivalent, in a relevant discipline.

We may also consider your application if you have relevant employment or experience; please contact us to check before you apply.

International qualifications

Check whether your international qualifications meet our general entry requirements:

• Entry requirements by country

English language requirements

You must demonstrate a level of English language competency at a level that will enable you to succeed in your studies, regardless of your nationality or country of residence.

English language tests

We accept the following English language qualifications at the grades specified:

• IELTS: total 7.0 (at least 6.5 in each module)

• TOEFL-iBT: total 100 (at least 23 in each module)

• PTE Academic: total 67 (at least 61 in each of the "Communicative Skills" sections)

• CAE and CPE: total 185 (at least 176 in each module)

• Trinity ISE: ISE III with a pass in all four components

Your English language qualification must be no more than three and a half years old from the start date of the programme you are applying to study, unless you are using IELTS, TOEFL, PTE Academic or Trinity ISE, in which case it must be no more than two years old.

Degrees taught and assessed in English

We also accept an undergraduate or postgraduate degree that has been taught and assessed in English in a majority English speaking country, as defined by UK Visas and Immigration:

• UKVI list of majority English speaking countries

We also accept a degree that has been taught and assessed in English from a university on our list of approved universities in non-majority English speaking countries.

If you are not a national of a majority English speaking country, then your degree must be no more than three and a half years old at the beginning of your programme of study.*

(*Revised 08/11/2018 to provide more accurate information on English language qualifications expiry dates. Revised 09/05/2019 to provide more accurate/comprehensive information.)

Find out more about our language requirements:

• English language requirements

Featured funding

• MSc Language Education Scholarship for UK/EU students

UK government postgraduate loans

If you live in the UK, you may be able to apply for a postgraduate loan from one of the UK’s governments. The type and amount of financial support you are eligible for will depend on your programme, the duration of your studies, and your residency status. (Programmes studied on a part-time intermittent basis are not eligible.)

• UK government and other external funding

Other funding opportunities

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