MA English Language Teaching (Distance Learning)
| Program start date | Application deadline |
| 2025-09-01 | - |
Program Overview
English Language Teaching (Distance Learning) MA
Overview
This Master's programme is the only one in London with an exclusive focus on 'teaching' encompassing the areas of TESOL and TEFL - as opposed to applied linguistics and is aimed at practising teachers as a form of continuing professional development.
Please note that the course is not a teaching qualification but an academic award which not only enhances job opportunities but also enables graduates to pursue further studies at a doctoral level. However, if you do not have enough classroom experience and want to become a qualified teacher of English as you study the MA, we offer a module (Teaching Practicum) leading to CELTA (Certificate in English Language Teaching to Adults). At UEL, the certificate can be obtained in only 12 weeks.*
Upon completion, our graduates normally apart from following a PhD route, also become teacher trainers, consultants and advisors in the areas of English Language teaching and education, publishers, and school managers, among other high-stake posts.
Course Options
- MA with distance learning
Entry Requirements
Academic Requirements
- Bachelor's degree with minimum Second Class (2:2) or equivalent in Social Sciences or Humanities subject (e.g. Languages, English, Education, Psychology) and evidence of 2 years relevant classroom experience.
International Qualifications
- We accept a wide range of European and international qualifications in addition to A-levels, the International Baccalaureate and BTEC qualifications.
English Language Requirements
- Overall IELTS 6.5 with a minimum of 6.0 in Writing, Speaking, Reading and Listening (or recognised equivalent).
Fees, Funding and Additional Costs
Fees
- EU, EEA and Swiss Nationals starting a course from September 2021, will no longer be eligible for Home fees.
- Tuition fees are subject to annual change.
Funding
- Postgraduate Loans Scheme: £10,280 to fund your Masters Programme under the Postgraduate Loans (PGL) scheme.
- Postgraduate Scholarship: Apply for a 50 per cent discount on your tuition fees!
- Alumni Discount: up to 15% fee waiver (exclusions apply).
- Early Payment Discount: 5% fee waiver.
- Asylum Seekers scholarship: 100% fee waiver.
- Civic Engagement: £1,000.
- Hardship Bursary: up to £2,000.
- Sport Scholarships: Up to £6,000.
Additional Costs
- Personal laptops and other personal devices.
Course Modules
- Second Language Acquisition and ELT: Core Module.
- Applied Research Project in ELT: Core Module.
- Language Awareness for ELT: Core Module.
- Teaching and Learning ELT: Core Module.
- Approaches to Teaching and Learning in ELT: Optional Module.
Research Areas
- Language education, in particular, teaching and learning in multicultural contexts.
- Second language acquisition and the role of language learning strategies in second/additional languages.
Career Options
- Teacher of English to speakers of other languages.
- Head of English language teaching in a school.
- Leader of the school's English as a Second Language (ESL) panel.
- Curriculum coordinator.
- Member of the board for a certain subject, helping to devise language learning policies and learning materials.
How We Support Your Career Ambitions
- Dedicated careers support.
- Further opportunities to thrive, such as volunteering and industry networking.
- Courses created in collaboration with employers and industry.
- Investment in the latest cutting-edge technologies and facilities.
- Career Zone: online jobs board, mentoring programmes, 1-2-1 career coaching services, careers workshops and employer events.
- Mental Wealth programme: Professional Fitness and Mental Wealth programme which issues you with a Careers Passport to track the skills you’ve mastered.
How You'll Learn
- Teaching on the course is carried out exclusively by distance learning, supported by online group discussion and independent study.
- Virtual community: online ice-breaker activities to help you become familiar with each other as well as the nature of online research.
- Teaching and support: you will study one module per term, with each module consisting of reading material and a series of self-check and interactive tasks.
How You'll Be Assessed
- Due to the practical nature of the course, there are no examinations.
- Assessment is by a 14,000-word dissertation and written assignments for each module (either one of 5,000 words or two of 2,500 words each).
University of East London
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