入学要求 Requirement：
学术要求：A good second class honours degree, or its equivalent, plus two years full-time teaching experience.
英语要求： IELTS 6.5
学费 Tuition Fee：2011/2012 £11,425.00
课程特征 Course Features：
This programme is designed for people professionally concerned with language teaching in a very wide range of situations in Britain or overseas. Although the programme is designed for teachers of English, it covers areas of relevance to teachers of other languages as well.
This MA offers preparation for more responsible positions in language teaching and testing, teacher training, curriculum and materials development, and further research in the language education area. A wide range of courses in specific language education areas are on offer. These include (subject to availability in a particular year):Communicative and Pedagogic Grammar, Second Language Learning;Culture and the Language Learner, Issues in Language Testing, Language Test Construction and Evaluation, Curriculum Design and Teacher Development in Language Education;Researching Oral Language Pedagogy.
课程内容 Course Content ：
Core modules: 40 credits - ALL of these must be taken
•Trends and Issues in Language Teaching Methodology (20 credits)
•Second Language Acquisition (20 credits)
•Research Methods in Linguistics and English Language (non-credit)
Restricted choice modules: 40 credits must be selected from among these items
(please note that some modules may not be available in any given year)
•Culture and the Language Learner (20 credits)
•Curriculum Design in Language Education (10 credits)
•Pedagogical Grammar (20 credits)
•Instructed Second Language Acquisition (10 credits)
•Language Test Construction and Evaluation (20 credits)
•Task-based Language Teaching (20 credits)
•Teacher Development in Language Education (10 credits)
•Teaching Spoken Discourse (10 credits)
Freely chosen modules: 40 credits
•Choosen from any other modules on offer in the Department, including those listed above.
Postgraduate Academic Study Skills
Dissertation
A dissertation (60 credits) of 12,500 words is also undertaken. This comprises a report on a small-scale empirical investigation of an aspect of TESOL professional practice.
评估 Assessment：
Combination of coursework and dissertation.