MA Applied Linguistics and TESOL (with Professional Experience) at University of Portsmouth

Build professional experience and enhance your teaching skills on this two-year Master's degree. Become an effective TESOL practitioner, ready to work in the UK or overseas. If you're a teacher of English to speakers of other languages (TESOL, ELT, EFL, EAP), or looking to begin a TESOL career, this two-year MA Applied Linguistics and TESOL (with Professional Experience) degree will enable you to enhance your skills and employability with real workplace experience.

Duration: 2 years full-time with work placement  |  Study mode: full-time (sandwich/placement option)  |  Intake: January 2027 / September 2027 / January 2028  |  Location: Portsmouth, England, United Kingdom

What you will study

Modules include Second Language Acquisition; Theory and Practice of TESOL; Dissertation Project; Analysing Language in Social Contexts; Psychology of Language Learning and Teaching; World Englishes; Analysing, Evaluating and Writing Materials; Corpus Linguistics; Professional Portfolio; Introduction to Teaching Vocabulary, Reading and Speaking.

Career pathways

Graduate roles include teaching English as a second/foreign language, teaching ESOL in the UK, teaching other languages, applying skills learning on this course, educational management and/or leadership, teacher training, materials writing, curriculum development, editing.

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