MA Applied Linguistics and TESOL at University of Portsmouth

Enhance your TESOL teaching abilities on this Applied Linguistics and TESOL Master's degree course, studying online or on campus over one, two or three years. Develop your abilities as a teacher of English to speakers of other languages, or kickstart your TESOL career, on this flexible Master's in Applied Linguistics and TESOL. You may already be an established TESOL practitioner (or ELT, EFL or EAP) with a minimum of three months full-time teaching experience, looking to advance your skills and become an expert in your field.

Duration: 1 year full-time; 2 years part-time; 1 year full-time by distance learning; 2 years part-time by distance learning; 3 years part-time by distance learning  |  Study mode: full-time/part-time  |  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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