MAT4101 Phonology and Grammar for English Teachers

This unit will develop students’ knowledge of phonology of the English language to prepare them to teach English effectively. It will also develop students’ knowledge of the morphology and syntax of the English language, enabling students to compare and contrast English language grammar with that of one or more local major languages, and to apply this knowledge to teaching English grammar. 

MAT4104 Methods and Approaches of TESOL

This unit will introduce students to the main approaches to the teaching of the English language, helping them to develop a critical understanding of the theoretical concepts underlying these approaches.

MAT5101 Theories and Practices: Listening, Speaking, Reading and Writing

In this unit, students will develop an in-depth understanding of how listening, speaking, reading and writing skills are acquired and a pedagogical knowledge of the different functions of these skills, to design lessons which integrate a variety of teaching practices and resources, including technology, to engage students in effective learning.

EDU60001 Nature of Learning and Teaching

This unit will enable students to explore learning and teaching theories, models and approaches for contemporary Higher Education contexts.

MAT4103 Educational Management and Leadership

This unit introduces students to the importance of leadership in schools as part of professional development and the need for leadership in improving teaching and learning practices in and out of the classroom. 

EDU60003 Curriculum Design and Assessment

In this unit, students will explore effective curriculum and assessment design through the identification and application of key concepts associated with the development of curricula. They will consider the central roles that intended learning outcomes, aligned learning activities, and formative and summative assessment play in ensuring an effective curriculum.

EDU60002 Digital Learning Environments or EDU60014 Design and Delivery for Online Learning

In these units, students will focus on the use of digital technologies for enhancing learning and teaching through appropriate pedagogical design. Students will also explore how to integrate good online teaching practice into face to face, blended and online environments. They will acquire online learning design skills and apply them to develop engaging learning activities, assessment tasks and feedback methods that effectively promote student learning and engagement. 

EDU60004 Scholarly Teaching: To Explore, Evaluate and Improve or  EDU60005 Dynamics of Diversity for Inclusive Learning and Teaching

In these units, students will explore the concept of teaching as a scholarly activity and develop strategies for evaluating their teaching in order to use evidence to improve student learning, inform teaching practice and further their professional learning and career. Students will also challenge notions of diversity, the implications for teaching, and create inclusive learning environments.

MAT6101 Methods and Approaches to Language Research

The aim of this unit is to introduce students to issues and approaches in applied linguistics as a step towards developing their ability to analyse English teaching practices critically from the standpoint of applied linguistics.

MAT6102 Issues in Applied Lingustics

The aim of this unit is to introduce students to issues and approaches in applied linguistics as a step towards developing their ability to analyse English teaching practices critically from the standpoint of applied linguistics.

MAT6103 Assessment in TESOL

The focus of this unit of study is on the assessment of the English language competence and performance of ESL/EFL students. In this unit of study, students will not only learn the theoretical issues and principles that underlie language testing, the concepts of validity, reliability and alignment with learning outcomes, but they will also have practical experience in test construction.

MAT6104 World Englishes

The aim of this unit is to develop students’ awareness and knowledge of the varieties of English and their implications for teaching English to speakers of other languages. Students who successfully complete this unit should be able to explain world Englishes in respect of sociolinguistic concepts and language models, identify features of world Englishes and local variations and explain the impact of selected language policies on English language teaching and learning.

MAT6105  TESOL Research Project

The aim of this unit is to enable students to conduct and report a well-argued independent research project directly related to their professional concern about TESOL through the critical analysis and evaluation of existing research, research principles and methods, and via the selection of appropriate method(s) of collecting and analysing data.