International University of Catalonia
Master’s Degree in Language Acquisition and Teaching English as a Foreign Language
- Barcelona, Spain
- Sant Cugat del Vallès, Spain
Master degree
DURATION
2 semesters
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Part time
APPLICATION DEADLINE
EARLIEST START DATE
Oct 2026
TUITION FEES
EUR 4,980
STUDY FORMAT
Distance Learning
Key Summary
The growing importance of English as a global language, its introduction at increasingly younger ages in nursery school as well as the widespread implementation of CLIL have radically changed the needs, objectives, and realities in the area of the teaching and learning of English as a foreign language (EFL) in schools. Therefore, schools need professionals who are not only highly proficient in the English language but also have the necessary teaching skills and competencies to be able to respond effectively to the current demands of the school context as well as capable of working in multilingual, multicultural, and interdisciplinary professional contexts.
This is the master’s degree for you if you are a pre-primary or primary teacher, a secondary school teacher, or if you teach in a non-regulated language school. It will also be of interest to you if you are part of a school management team and you would like to discover new perspectives on teaching and learning English as an additional language.
Study program and subjects
Subjects in course 1
- A Focus On Literature When Teaching English As a Foreign Language
- English Pronunciation: Practice and Teaching
- Methods for Teaching English As a Foreign Language 1: Grammar and the Communicative Approach
- Methods for Teaching English As a Foreign Language 2: Linguistic-Academic Abilities
- The Acquisition of English As a Foreign Language in Bilingual and Multilingual Contexts
- Cognitive Factors in Learning Foreign Languages
- Cultural Aspects of Learning and Teaching English As a Foreign Language
- Master's Dissertation
- School Teaching Placement
- Content Language Integrated Learning (CLIL): Theory, Practice and New Technologies
- Research Methods in Education and Academic Abilities in English
Objectives
- To train English as a foreign language (EFL) teachers to efficiently apply different theoretical models and innovative methodological approaches to the teaching, learning, and acquisition of EFL processes in bilingual and multilingual contexts, both in compulsory, vocational, formal, and non-formal education and in the business sector.
- To train teachers by helping them to acquire theoretical and practical knowledge and the appropriate skills to promote the development of plurilingual and intercultural awareness among their students.
- To train specialists by helping them to acquire theoretical, practical, and interdisciplinary knowledge about educational research models and methodologies in the field of acquisition, teaching, and learning of (first, second and foreign) languages in different contexts and at different educational levels.
- To train professionals to be able to efficiently work in multilingual, multicultural, and interdisciplinary professional and/or academic contexts.
- To train professionals to efficiently use the English language and academic skills in English, both orally and in writing, for academic and professional purposes.