入学要求 Requirement:
学术要求:A good honours degree in a relevant subject, although those with other qualifications may be considered. Applicants should also have experience equivalent to three years' full-time in language teaching or a related post.
英语要求:IELTS 7.0 overall; minimum 7.0 in all four skills
TOEFL 100 + minimum 24 in all skills
学费 Tuition Fee:2011/2012 £11,500
课程特征 Course Features:
The programme provides opportunities to explore recent research in the field and find out more about specialist areas such as teacher education, materials development, teaching English for academic purposes, management and evaluation in ELT and intercultural studies.
Core modules deal with language teaching methodology and curriculum design, linguistic analysis for language teaching, issues in language acquisition and use (sociolinguistics, psycholinguistics and SLA) and research methods. The programme also places particular emphasis on the notion of informed teaching and the need for teachers to mediate between theory and practice in constructing pedagogies according to specific teaching-learning contexts.
课程内容 Course Content :
Core programme content
•Principles & Practice in Language Teaching
•Linguistic Analysis for Language Teaching
•Sociolinguistics: Language in its Social Context
•Second Language Acquisition
•Psycholinguistics
•Research Methods
Indicative non-core content
•English for Academic Purposes
•ICT in Language Learning & Teaching
•Materials Development in English Language Teaching
•Teacher Education
•Management & Evaluation of Innovation
•English for Speakers of Other Languages: Teaching Migrants in the UK
•Language Assessment
•Principles & Practice 2: Issues in Communicative Language Teaching
教学与评估 Teaching and Assessment:
Students on the standard programme follow all the core modules and choose two optional modules. Students who have the RSA/UCLES DELTA or Trinity House Diploma in ELT may be eligible for the fast track version of the programme which gives them exemption from Principles & Practice in ELT, and one of the option courses. Assessment is by coursework assignments and dissertation. There are no examinations.