MA/PgDip/PgCert Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL)
Distance learning
Subject area • Teacher education
Related subjects • English
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This course is for experienced in-service teachers of TESOL who wish to gain a postgraduate qualification. Participants work as part of an international community of teachers via on-line discussion.
This course improves your ability to
• evaluate critically areas of the TESOL profession’s theory and practice
• extend your knowledge and understanding in specialist areas
• complete a research project related to your working situation
You study core areas such as
• language analysis
• testing and evaluation
• teacher education
• teaching English for academic purposes
You also focus on an area of TESOL relevant to your teaching and explore it further through research, usually based in your own workplace. This research is normally useful to you in your professional development and in your workplace.
There is also the option of studying for a PgCert Teaching English for Academic Purposes
This course offers flexible learning opportunities with the option to take breaks between stages.
Find out more about MA/PgDip/PgCert Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL)
Related courses
Distance learning – typically two to three years.
Starts October for PgCert and October and April for PgDip
Complete the application form available at www.shu.ac.uk/study/form
2013/14 academic year
Typically £1,785 a stage for PgCert, PgDip and MA stages
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 £1,785 a stage for PgCert, PgDip and MA stages
2014/15 academic year
The fees were £1,785 a stage for PgCert, PgDip and MA stages in 2013/14. These fees will be subject to inflationary increases for 2014/15.
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
• continuous assessment of on-line assignments • a classroom based portfolio (stage one) • 6,000 word project and a 6,000 word literature report (stage two) • a 12,000–15,000 word research dissertation (stage three)
International students during orientation week
Distance learning study
Distance learning is a rewarding and flexible way to learn. You study at the time, place and often pace of your choosing, to fit around your personal and working life. Like all types of learning, you need skills in personal organisation, time management, self-motivation, and a commitment to academic study.
As a distance learning student, you normally learn away from the University – in your own home or place of work. Most of our distance learning courses are delivered online via a portal called Blackboard.
We prepare you for your distance learning course with an online induction package. It helps you develop and practise your skills and allows any issues, concerns or development needs to be addressed prior to commencing a course of study.
You're fully supported by our learning centre, with library database searches and information enquiries, journal article supply and other help in accessing library and information services, all without having to travel to Sheffield.
We believe that you learn best when you engage in prolonged debate. Your course provides an active learning experience, with an ongoing dialogue between you, your peers and your tutors via discussion forums, blogs and others. You carry out a series of structured tasks, which build towards a successful final assessment submission.
John Sharpe (1:34)
John Sharpe, Rolls-Royce employee, and one of our MSc Total Quality Management and Organisational Excellence graduates talks about his experiences of studying a distance learning course while working.
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