Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) MA

Queen Mary University of London

This programme is aimed at teachers who want to gain a deeper understanding of the theories and practice that govern English language teaching. If you want to teach in higher education or private schools the programme also provides an opportunity to gain a professional qualification (for an extra cost), such as a CELTA.

The optional module on multimedia provides you with technology-enhanced teaching experience.

Observe and reflect on practical language teaching and learning

Gain practical teaching experience

Study in the UK’s top-ranked linguistics department (RAE 2008, RAE 2014)

Flexible course structure: you can opt for a research or CELTA pathway

Develop your expertise in specialist areas such as digital materials development to enhance your career options

Perfect for recent graduates and TESOL teachers who don't have a linguistics background

Assessment

You will be assessed by a wide variety of methods, including poster presentations, technical exercises, critiques of theoretical and methodological proposals in the literature, research and lab reports, essays and extended written analyses.

Career paths

We want your MA programme to be a career investment: not only does this programme enable you to become a specialised language teacher, it also opens the door to further study in academia and to careers in language-related fields such as quality control, assessment, syllabus development and planning or educational technology.