Master of Education (Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages) (MEd(TESOL))

• Preamble
  • Clayton campus
• Target group
• Objectives
• Special admission requirements
• Credit provision
• Course structure
  • Core subjects
  • Elective subjects
  • Project

Preamble

Clayton campus

Course code: 2040

Contact: Ms Marie-Thérèse Jensen

Target group

The teaching English to speakers of other languages pathway is designed primarily to meet the requirements of trained teachers who wish to gain higher professional qualifications and expertise in the field of teaching English to speakers of other languages.

Objectives

The objectives of the TESOL pathway are to provide students with:

• knowledge and understanding of current research and theories, as well as of teaching methodologies and language policies which relate to the teaching and learning of spoken and written English as a second or foreign language;
• skills in developing, delivering and evaluating appropriate TESOL teaching programs and strategies.

• value the cultural and linguistic heritage of ESOL learners in Australia, migrants, refugees and visitors alike;
• empower ESOL learners to take part effectively in the broader Australian (or other English-speaking) society.

Special admission requirements

Applicants who are not native speakers of English will be required to demonstrate substantial competence in written and spoken English before admission.

Credit provision

Credit for all subjects undertaken as part of either a Graduate Certificate in TESOL or a Graduate Diploma in TESOL in this Faculty may be transferred to the Master of Education (TESOL).

Teachers who have taught ESOL for three years full-time or longer may document twenty-two days of lessons in their own classrooms in lieu of undertaking an externally supervised teaching practicum.

Course structure

Core subjects

• GED2817 Language, society and cultural difference (12 points)
• GED3823 Theory and practice of TESOL (12 points)

Elective subjects

Students must complete three of the following subjects (36 points):

• GED2847 Difference, equity and education: issues of gender, ethnicity and class (12 points)
• GED3809 Literacy and technology (12 points)
• GED3812 Educational applications of second-language acquisition research (12 points)
• GED3815 Classroom-based research in second-language education (12 points)
• GED3818 Communicative language teaching (12 points)
• GED3827 Teaching languages for specific purposes - theory, context and method (12 points)
• GED3830 Curriculum writing and syllabus design for second language education (12 points)
• GED3832 Functional analysis of discourse (12 points)
• GED3836 Writing practices in learning contexts (12 points)
• GED3837 Literacy in adult contexts: policy, practices and theories (12 points)
• GED3840 Assessment in foreign and second-language education (12 points)
• GED3842/GED3842D Reading: theory, research and practice (12 points)

Either

• GED0806 Research methods in the humanities

or any additional three subjects at Master of Education level.

For professional accreditation, a teaching practicum of twenty-two days must also be completed during the period of enrolment in the course.

Any of the research subjects in the Master of Education course information list may also be chosen.

Project

The project, of approximately 20,000 words, must focus on a topic relevant to teaching English to speakers of other languages. Students intending to enrol in the project must complete an appropriate research methodology subject.