The programme offers a core of syllabus design and assessment, with greater depth provided through further required modules focusing on both theoretical and practical aspects of the English language and on classroom practice. You will then have the opportunity to broaden your knowledge base by taking three or four further optional modules covering a wide range of relevant areas. The MA is completed by a 15,000-word dissertation.

Core Modules
Basic Research Methods (non-credit bearing)
Language for Teaching
Language Teaching Methods and Practice
Fundamentals in ELT.
Optional Modules
Previous optional modules have included:

World Englishes
English for Specific Purposes
ELT Materials Development and Evaluation
Discourse Texts and TESOL
Language Teaching Methodology
Advanced Research Methods
Second Language Acquisition: Perspectives for Teachers
Evaluation and Assessment
Teaching Young Learners
Pragmatics and the Language Classroom.
You can also choose to study an optional module offered to students across the University as one of your four optional modules.

Expert English
Foreign Language.