Applied Linguistics for TEFL MA at Bangor University

The Applied Linguistics for TEFL MA is for students who wish to teach English as a foreign language to non-native speakers. It combines teaching practice with a critical understanding of English linguistics, including sociolinguistic aspects, the history of English, second language acquisition and psycholinguistics.

Duration: 1 year full-time (page lists 1-3 years including part-time)  |  Intake: September  |  Study mode: full-time / part-time  |  Location: Bangor, Wales, United Kingdom

What you will study

Compulsory modules: EFL Theory, Second Language Acquisition and Language Teaching, Teaching EFL (including classroom observation and supervised teaching), Linguistics Research Methods and a Dissertation. Optional modules cover sociolinguistic aspects of English, history of English, child language acquisition, psycholinguistics and corpus linguistics. Assessment is by take-home exams, essays or reports, oral presentations, computer exercises and article reviews.

Career pathways

Graduates teach English in universities, colleges and private language schools worldwide, or work in translation and interpretation, language technology, publishing and editing, research and academia, forensic linguistics, language policy, corporate communications and international relations, or progress to a PhD. The degree is not a formal teaching qualification.

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