3209 - Master of Education (TESOL International)

The course is designed to meet the needs of teachers or prospective teachers from overseas who do not wish to teach in Australia.

Students are required to successfully complete one of the following three options:

• option 1: six units
• option 2: five units plus EDF6010 or EDF6020 (8000 words)
• option3: four units plus a research thesis (16,000 words).

Option 1

• an appropriate 12-point research core unit selected from the faculty suite of research methodology units
• EDF6236 Language society and cultural difference (12 points)
• two specialist electives and two general electives, or three specialist electives and on general elective*

Option 2

• an appropriate 12-point research unit selected from the faculty suite of research methodology units
• EDF6236 Language society and cultural difference (12 points)
• two specialist electives and one general elective*, or three specialist electives**
• EDF6010/EDF6020 Professional project (A) or (B) (8000 words) (12 points)

* Students with approved relevant experience of three years or more must also take a general elective from any masters unit offered in the Faculty of Education (including the specialist electives above). General electives do not need the course coordinator's approval, unless there are exceptional circumstances (ie if the student wishes to enrol in a unit from another faculty).

** Students with less than three years of approved relevant teaching experience must complete EDF6232.

Option 3

• an appropriate 12-point research unit selected from the faculty suite of research methodology units.
• EDF6236 Language society and cultural difference (12 points)
• EDF6031 Masters thesis part 1 and EDF6032 Masters thesis part 2 (16,000 words) (24 points)

plus either* both of the following specialist electives:

• EDF6233 Theory and practice of TESOL (12 points), and EDF6232 Professional practice for teachers of English as a foreign language* (12 points)

or one of the following units:

• EDF6234 Curriculum design and evaluation in languages education (12 points)
• EDF6210 Language testing and assessment (12 points)
• EDF6201 Theory and principles of bilingual/immersion education (12 points)

* Students with less than three years of approved relevant teaching experience must complete EDF6232.

Specialist electives

• EDF6233 Theory and practice of TESOL (12 points)
• EDF6234 Curriculum design and evaluation in languages education, or EDF6210 Language testing and assessment, or EDF6201 Theory and principles of bilingual/immersion education (12 points)
• EDF6232 Professional practice for teachers of English as a foreign language* (12 points)

* Students with less than three years of approved relevant teaching experience must complete EDF6232.

General electives

Units selected from the units available for masters programs (12 points)

Research methodology units

• EDF6005 Reading, interpreting and communicating research (12 points)
• EDF6006 Introduction to quantitative research methods (12 points)
• EDF6007 Qualitative approaches to research (12 points)
• EDF6008 Working with theory in research (12 points)
• EDF6009 Special topic in research (12 points)
• EDF6012 Specific focus in research A (6 points)
• EDF6013 Specific focus in research B (6 points)

Research thesis

The research core unit is a corequisite for the research thesis. It may be taken concurrently with the research thesis or completed prior to the commencement of the research thesis.

Master of Education (TESOL International)