This course offers you the professional, specialised knowledge and practical skills you need to teach English as a second language while exploring aspects of the English language, linguistics and literature. It offers a professional qualification for aspiring teachers of English as a second language but also for L2 materials developers, TESOL (Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages) practitioners, and researchers in language teaching and learning. TESOL is also a great way to work and travel abroad and in the UK.
**Course Accreditation/Industry Endorsement**
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This course offers you the professional, specialised knowledge and practical skills you need to teach English as a second language while exploring aspects of the English language, linguistics and literature. It offers a professional qualification for aspiring teachers of English as a second language but also for L2 materials developers, TESOL (Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages) practitioners, and researchers in language teaching and learning. TESOL is also a great way to work and travel abroad and in the UK. <br/><br/>**Course Accreditation/Industry Endorsement**<br/>- This course follows British Council regulations.<br/><br/>**Facilities and Specialist Equipment**<br/>- State-of-the-art online technology to monitor and evaluate your teaching practice and enhance your progress as a language teacher and researcher.<br/><br/><br/>- Multi-media space for webinars and podcasting. <br/><br/><br/>- Four-storey library with extensive range of physical and digital resources as well as PCs, group-work areas, presentation-practice rooms and a silent study floor. <br/><br/><br/>- Access the Hockliffe Collection, a unique collection of 18th- and 19th-century children’s books, as well as our Cinderella archive of books, scripts, designs, theatrical memorabilia and ephemera relating to the Cinderella story. <br/><br/><br/>- 80-seat black-box theatre and 260-seat professional theatre.<br/><br/><br/>**Partnerships and Collaborations** <br/>- We have well-established partnerships with more than 500 schools and other associated organisations.<br/><br/><br/>- Our partnerships with local councils, charities, schools and colleges offer you work experience supporting learners of English as a second language with free English classes. <br/><br/><br/>**Your Student Experience**<br/>- Our Bedford campus is a small, thriving academic community where academic staff get to know you well. <br/><br/><br/>- Support of your own personal tutor, a subject and/or placement mentor, a unit and course coordinator, and the additional support of our experienced library staff. <br/><br/><br/>- You gain the practical skills you need to teach English as a second language, exploring teaching techniques and how to develop resources and materials for different learner groups. <br/><br/><br/>- You complete six hours of supervised teaching practice, where a qualified and standardised assessor observes you and provides feedback. <br/><br/><br/>- Students can access the research expertise of our world-leading Centre for Research in English Language Learning and Assessment (CRELLA). <br/><br/><br/>- You also have the opportunity to collect original data and carry out academic research in TESOL. <br/>
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Study Mode
Full-time
Duration
3 Years
Start Date
09/2024
Campus
Bedford Campus
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Codes/info
Course Code
Q366
Institution Code
B22
Points of Entry
Year 1
A levelB,C,C UCAS Tariff104 Scottish Higher104 Tariff points Access to HE Diploma104 Tariff points Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Diploma (first teaching from September 2016) |
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Region | Costs | Academic Year | Year | |
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England, Northern Ireland, Scotland, Wales, Channel Islands, Republic of Ireland | £9,250 | 2024/25 | Year 1 |
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