MLitt in ELT (full-time)
This is a new and exciting postgraduate programme in English Language Teaching aimed at students with little or no teaching experience with both semester one and semester two held in St Andrews.
St Andrews
The University of St Andrews is the oldest university in Scotland and the third oldest in the UK after Oxford and Cambridge. Over the centuries it has contributed to a Scottish tradition of academic excellence. Today its teaching and research place it 4th in the Times UK university rankings (2009)and 3rd in the Guardian UK university rankings (2009), and it came top in the UK National Student Survey on student satisfaction. All of which make it Scotland's first university.
St Andrews is a non-campus institution situated in a beautiful, historic old town where students can study in a safe, clean and peaceful environment. It attracts students from all over the world, so you can be sure of a cosmopolitan experience. Do not imagine, however, that because St Andrews is an ancient university it is old-fashioned; in among the old stone buildings there are up-to-date classrooms, high-tech laboratories and other modern facilities.
Course structure
Semester One students take three 20 credit modules.
Modules:
- General Linguistics
- Teaching and Learning 1 (including teaching methodologies, theories and approaches)
- Research Methods
Semester Two students take two 20 credit modules and two 10 credit modules.
Modules:
- Teaching and Language (including SLA)
- Teaching and Learning (including practical teaching skills, techniques and micro-teaching)
- Teaching Young Learners (YLs)
- Teaching English for Academic Purposes (EAP)
- Testing and Evaluation
Successful completion of the two semesters leads to the qualification of PG Diploma in ELT (120 credits). Students who have achieved the required grade average can proceed to the dissertation stage.
Dissertation: students usually undertake a piece of classroom research written up as a 15,000 word dissertation during the summer. Successful completion of this leads to the award of the MLitt in ELT.
Entry requirements
A good first degree first degree 2.1 (upper second class honours) or equivalent and a high level of proficiency in both written and spoken English. Students whose first language is not English need an IELTS overall score of 7.0 with a minimum of 6.5 in the Writing section and no other subscore lower than 6.0.