Widen your range of career options in English language teaching and gain practical classroom teaching experience.
Access teaching opportunities around the world.Study in the UK alongside others from across the globe.
Draw on current research to enhance your understanding of English language teaching.
Gain practical teaching skills through observing experienced teachers and teaching practice.
Develop research skills and conduct an independent research project that can enable a pathway to doctoral studies.
On this course, you'll join a community of MA TESOL students at all stages of their careers, along with British Council-accredited English language teachers, experienced teacher educators, and leading researchers. You'll develop as a teacher and prepare for the next step in your career.

Throughout the course, we support you in observations, reflections, planning and delivering teaching experiences. Whether you are new to teaching or have years of experience, our focus on teacher development will make a difference to your future career.

Learning Support

You can find help at every step of your journey with us. From guidance during registration and a thorough induction programme, to the excellent support from student services through Hallam Help and the award-winning International Student Experience team, you can always find assistance and encouragement.

Regular classes for MA TESOL students to improve academic writing and speaking focus on the language and skills needed for your assignments. You will be assigned an academic tutor for the year and all modules offer one-to-one support from module leaders.

All our courses are designed around a set of key principles based on engaging you with the world, collaborating with others, challenging you to think in new ways, and providing you with a supportive environment in which you can thrive.

Our lectures are timetabled so that you can attend university just two days a week. This allows you to balance the course with work and other commitments. Typical topics include English language teaching methodologies, how second languages are learned, teacher development and language analysis.

All modules allow you to focus on specific areas in TESOL, such as English for Academic Purposes, Young Learners or Assessment, and the flexible research project encourages you to specialise in a research setting of your choice.

You learn through

• interactive workshops
• guided observations
• collaborative activities such as lesson planning, microteaching and group work
• guided reading
• participation in lectures
• collaboration with a research supervisor

Previous graduates of this course have gone on to work for

• universities
• private language centres
• international language schools
• further education institutions
• primary and high schools

Recent graduates have gone on to work as

• teachers
• managers
• researchers
• teacher educators
• PhD or EdD students

An honours degree or equivalent.

If English is not your first language we also require an IELTS score of 6.5 or above with a minimum of 6.0 in reading and writing. If your English language skill is currently below IELTS 6.5 we recommend you consider a Sheffield Hallam University Pre-sessional English course which will enable you to achieve an equivalent English score.

If you do not have such academic qualifications we may consider your application individually, based on your personal, professional and work experience, and other formal qualifications. You may also be able to claim credit points which can reduce the amount of time it takes to complete your qualification at Sheffield Hallam. Find out more

Important notice:

 

The structure of this course is periodically reviewed and enhanced to provide the best possible learning experience for our students and ensure ongoing compliance with any professional, statutory and regulatory body standards. Module structure, content, delivery and assessment may change, but we expect the focus of the course and the learning outcomes to remain as described above. Following any changes, updated module information will be published on this page.

Final Year Compulsory modules
Module	Credits	Assessment
Exploring Language In Use: Theory To Classroom Application	30	Coursework
Methods And Innovations In Language Teaching	30	Coursework Practical
Research Methods In Tesol	30	Practical
Research Project	60	Coursework

 

 

Elective modules
Module	Credits	Assessment
Innovating Curricula	30	Coursework
Language Learning And Language Learners	30	Coursework