Course Overview
This programme is designed to provide coherent coverage of a broad range of areas, offering experienced practitioners preparation for more responsible positions in language teaching and testing, teacher training, ELT curriculum and materials development, and further research. Many students are now in leading language teaching and policy positions across the world. Support for your studies is provided by the non-credit Postgraduate Academic Study Skills module, which runs in terms 1, 2 and 3.
Compulsory Modules:
- Second Language Acquisition
- Trends and Issues in Language Teaching Methodology
- Research Methods in Linguistics and English Language
- Dissertation
Optional Modules:
- Curriculum Design in Language Education
- Instructed Second Language Acquisition
- Language Test Construction and Evaluation
- Pedagogical Grammar
- Task based Language Teaching
- Teacher Development in Language Education
- Free choice modules from those offered by the Department
Key Information
Director of Studies: Dr Andrea Révész for term 1, then Jenefer Philp.
Duration: 12 months full-time, 24 months part-time.
Entry Requirements: A good second class honours degree, or its equivalent, plus over two years of full-time foreign language teaching experience.
IELTS: 6.5 (with at least 6.0 in listening and speaking and at least 6.5 in reading and writing) or equivalent.
Assessment: Coursework and dissertation.
Funding: All applicants should consult www.lancs.ac.uk/pgfunding/
Duration: 12 months full-time, 24 months part-time.
Entry Requirements: A good second class honours degree, or its equivalent, plus over two years of full-time foreign language teaching experience.
IELTS: 6.5 (with at least 6.0 in listening and speaking and at least 6.5 in reading and writing) or equivalent.
Assessment: Coursework and dissertation.
Funding: All applicants should consult www.lancs.ac.uk/pgfunding/
Fees: View details of our current Postgraduate Research fees or Postgraduate Taught fees.
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