MA in TESOL

Program Features

Students with a 4-year degree in English or related subjects (e.g. English / Applied Linguistics / Linguistics / Education) will do 39 credits.
Students with a 3-year degree in English or related subjects with 2-years' teaching experience will do 45 credits.
The program is offered in three stages. The first stage is the Certificate semester. A diploma can be obtained upon completion of the next semester. Finally, completing the third semester will give students the option of graduating with a Master's degree.
A Bachelor's (Honours) degree in English or related subject with second division or CGPA 2.5 and above.
Applicants who do not have this background but have a Bachelor's degree in related subject must have two years' experience of teaching.
Qualifying in admission test in English consisting of written test and interview.

Compulsory Courses (to be taken by all students)
TSL 501	Foundation of Linguistics: Syntax and Semantics; Phonetics, Phonology and Morphology (3 credits)
TSL 502	Methods and Practice of Teaching ESL (3 credits)
TSL 503	Syllabus, Curriculum and Materials Design and Evaluation (3 credits)
TSL 504	Second Language Acquisition and Psycholinguistics (3 credits)
TSL 505	Language Testing and Evaluation (3 credits)
TSL 506	Use of Technology in ELT (3 credits)
TSL 507	Teaching Practicum 1 (3 credits)
TSL 508	Teaching Practicum 2 (3 credits)
TSL 509	Classroom Research and Research Methods in ELT (3 credits)
TSL 510	Dissertation (6 credits)

List of Electives (Open to Choice)
TSL 601	Sociolinguistics and New Englishes (3 credits)
TSL 602	Pragmatics and Discourse Analysis (3 credits)
TSL 603	English for Specific and Academic Purpose (3 credits)
TSL 604	ELT Leadership and Management (3 credits)
TSL 605	Critical Discourse Analysis (3 credits)
TSL 606	Teaching Language through Literature (3 credits)
TSL 607	The History of English Language Teaching (3 credits)
TSL 608	Statistics for EFL Researchers (3 credits)