Course Overview

Educational employers highly value our degrees, and our MA qualifications will help you raise your profile to advance your career as a language teaching professional. The field of English Language Teaching is increasingly competitive and many organisations see a Master's level qualification as an essential requirement. An MA from the University of Leicester indicates to employers that you have up-to-date knowledge and have developed critical and transferable skills that will equip you to take on a more senior role in the language teaching program of any educational institution. Indeed, many of our past MA students have gone on to gain promotions or move into new demanding jobs upon completion of the program.

Our Career Development Service is here to support you – by email, phone, or skype – with advice on interviews, CVs, work experience, and more. From registration to Graduation and beyond, they are here to help you reach your professional goals. In addition, the MA in Applied Linguistics and TESOL provides professional development and training, including:

• A critical understanding of key issues and debates in many Applied Linguistics areas and how these relate to English Language Teaching.

• A body of knowledge that will enhance your ability to undertake language teaching at various levels and cultural and institutional contexts.

• The ability to reflect, analyze and critically evaluate language teaching and learning concepts and theories and to understand and examine the assumptions underlying different classroom practices.

• The ability to analyze language in use from different perspectives relevant to language teaching and learning.

• The skills to undertake effective practitioner research in your specific area of interest.

We are one of the most extended established providers of postgraduate studies in Applied Linguistics and TESOL in the UK. In this course, you will join teachers from all over the world. You will also benefit from our active involvement in research in Applied Linguistics and TESOL areas.

We pride ourselves on the support we provide our distance-learning students. Our award-winning library has world-class facilities for distance learning students. You will have full access to our other support services and will be assigned a personal tutor. In addition, our virtual learning environment, Blackboard, offers a wide range of study support material. 

General Eligibility

• 2:2 or above in a relevant subject or equivalent.

• You should be a teacher or already be working in the English Language Teaching field with one year's full-time teaching experience.

Part Time Work Details

20 hours of work permit weekly for international students.

Language Requirement

• IELTS 6.5 or equivalent, with at least 6.0 in each component score. If your first language is not English, you may need to prove your English ability.