Teaching English to Young Learners (TEYL) MSc
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Course summary

This programme in TESOL by distance learning is designed to meet the academic and professional needs of experienced teachers of English to speakers of other languages. This course offers students a flexible and situated learning experience which is both academically rigorous and professionally rewarding. Once completed, they should have a firm grasp of key issues in the field of TESOL and be thoroughly acquainted with the literature. They will be able to make informed decisions on any aspect of TESOL and to support these with reasoned argument.

Course modules

Foundation - Core

Foundation Module (FND) sets out to introduce students to the MSc, both in terms of building a familiarity with the content of the course, and in terms of helping them become an effective participant in a distance learning program. If the processes of reflective practice and action research are already a part of their everyday experience, then there will be little here to surprise them, although they hope that they can still lead students further into them. If they are not, then they hope that they become as transformative for them as they have been for so many participants.

Teaching Young Learners - Core

Teaching English to Young Learners has become increasingly popular, with children as young as two years old now having classes in English. This module examines the theoretical underpinnings of discourses surrounding teaching young learners, such as the Critical Period Hypothesis and literacy, and it invites a critical discussion of current research into teaching young learners. It also presents a number of approaches to teaching the young and aims to support teachers of young learners to make effective decisions about appropriate pedagogy in local contexts.