MA English Language Teaching
(ELT)
Full-time
Location • City Campus
Subject area • Teacher education
Related subjects • English • Languages
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This course is for UK and international graduates with no or limited professional teaching experience who plan to follow or develop a career in English language teaching.
Through this course you become an informed, inquiring and confident teacher through reflective engagement with your learning and teaching over the year.
You gain critical and reflective understanding of English language classroom practice and research skills.
The course draws on and incorporates international settings allowing you to experience and evaluate a range of teaching and assessment methods and prepare you for teaching in the international context.
You develop your skills in
• critically evaluating areas of theory and practice in English language teaching
• applying knowledge to lesson planning and developing learning materials for a range of learners
• developing and evaluating research instruments and data analysis
• reflecting critically on your development as a teacher and classroom researcher
• completing a research project in a topic of your choice
While studying, you produce a portfolio of assignments, lesson plans, materials and a development plan which will be a useful resource for future employment and professional development.
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One year full-time
Complete the application form available at www.shu.ac.uk/study/form
2013/14 academic year
Typically £5,355 for the course
The course fee may be subject to annual inflationary increase. For further information on fees and funding see www.shu.ac.uk/funding
2013/14 academic year
Typically £10,980 for the course
2014/15 academic year
Typically £11,250 for the course
The course fee may be subject to annual inflationary increase. For further information on fees, scholarships and bursaries see www.shu.ac.uk/international/fees
• report • short tasks • essays • literature review • lesson plans • lesson observation • linguistic data analysis • reflective journal • research log • individual and group presentations • learning material design • project plan
Teaching English as a global language
Yuanyuan Pei
MA English Language Teaching
`I chose to study at postgraduate level because I want to develop my academic knowledge and skills as a teacher.
`I studied the BA Education course at Sheffield Hallam and the MA English Language Teaching course linked what I had learned at undergraduate level and gave me a deeper knowledge of this area, it also provided me with the opportunity for teaching practice.
`I am now applying to be an English teacher at my hometown university in China.
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Yuanyuan Pei
MA English Language Teaching
