MA/MTeach TESOL

The MA/MTeach TESOL is a new postgraduate programme in the Teaching of English to Speakers of Other Languages. It is one of the few Master's in TESOL programmes in the UK which incorporates a teaching practice component and is designed for both experienced teachers and those with little or no previous teaching experience. Teachers who have the University of Cambridge ESOL Examinations DELTA (Diploma in English Language Teaching to Adults) or the Trinity College Licentiate Diploma in TESOL are exempt from the whole of the first semester of the MA/MTeach TESOL programme.

Required qualifications for the MA/MTeach TESOL programme:
Applicants are required to have a good Honours degree from a recognised Higher Education Institution in the UK or an equivalent degree from overseas. The content and subject matter of the first degree is open. Plus IELTS 6.5

Application: see http://www.bathspa.ac.uk/courses/how-to-apply/international/

An MA/MTeach TESOL is awarded after the successful completion of three 30 credit core modules, two 15 credit compulsory research modules and the 60 credit dissertation.

Term fees /Cost: 9000 British pounds (1 year course)

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