Applied Linguistics for TESOL MA

Northumbria University, Newcastle

This course is suitable for individuals at the start of their careers as English Language teachers, and also for more experienced teachers who are looking to develop further professionally.Offering a comprehensive overview and critique of the key concepts, theories, and perspectives that underpin language teaching, it provides an opportunity for course participants to reflect on the relationship between these ideas and language teaching in their own professional context. The course thus focuses on both classroom practice and on broader aspects of the profession such as syllabus and materials design, programme development, and teacher education. You will acquire the knowledge and skills required to reflect critically both upon your own language teaching practice and the wider TESOL profession.Whichever pathway you follow, you will develop a critical professional perspective towards TESOL, drawing on a range of theoretical frameworks in Applied Linguistics to better understand the global, cultural, political and educational contexts in which English is taught.