1. MA Education: TESOL 2016 Dr. Helen Emery Associate Dean International
Cardiff School of Education

2. Existing MA Education degrees
MA Education (can be offered as PgD and PgC)
MA Education: Leadership and Management
MA Education: Managing Community Practice
MA Education: Educational Research and Practice

3. Structure of the new MA Education: TESOL
Term 1:
Core modules Description of English for Language Teachers (15 credits)
Second Language Acquisition (15 credits)
Optional modules Teaching English to Young Learners (30 credits)
Education, Equality and Diversity (30 credits)
Term 2:
Optional modules Introduction to TESOL Methodology (30 credits)
Teaching English for Specific Purposes (30 credits)
Independent Study Module (30 credits)
Throughout the year: Dissertation Preparation and Supervision (60 credits)

4. Market for this type of degree
Home and international students who have taken a first degree in Education, Humanities or other subjects and want to teach English overseas
International students with a related or unrelated first degree who want to train to become English teachers (next slide contains more info on this)
Teachers with CELTA or DELTA who want to teach English in higher education in UK or overseas
International students with a first degree in Education which carries QTS and are currently teaching in state schools
UK teachers who want a change of teaching career
Employees of international Ministries of Education

5. Main considerations when marketing
Country must offer teachers a good salary or there is no point in them spending money on an international qualification (eg: GCC, Japan)
Business and entrepreneurship growth in the country mean there will be openings for ESP teachers, a more lucrative career for teachers and one where MA TESOL is the industry standard qualification (eg: China, Thailand, Kazakhstan)
Countries where higher education is taught in English. In previous years they recruited native speakers of English, but these days many countries prefer to recruit their own people wherever possible (eg: GCC, Brunei, Malaysia, Thailand, MENA, India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka)
Countries where there are a high number of language schools, summer schools for children and high parental income (eg: Hong Kong, Taiwan, Greece & Europe)

6. International market for MA TESOL
Main market: China, Taiwan, Japan, MENA, Europe (Greece, Cyprus, Poland etc.), Malaysia, Thailand, Brunei
Smaller market: India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, N. America, countries where sponsorship exists for teachers
Possible future markets: Central and South America, Central Asia

7. Local competition
University of South Wales MA TESOL: only has 4 modules, no micro teaching, no specialisms such as TEYL and ESP/ EAP
University of Wales Trinity St. David: No MA TESOL or similar programme
Cardiff University MA Applied Linguistics: more theoretical programme, focussing on linguistics. Does not prepare students for classroom teaching
Swansea University MA TEFL: No ESP/ EAP module, but includes Language Testing and Vocabulary modules
University of the West of England: No MA TESOL or similar programme
Bath Spa University MA TESOL: offers only 3 TESOL related modules, plus a Research Methods module (MA programme is run by one member of staff)

8. How the Cardiff Met MA TESOL stands out
MA TESOL provides practical training as well as background theory and research. Many courses focus only on the theoretical and research side.
All module leaders are qualified to PhD level in TESOL or Applied Linguistics. All staff have extensive experience in teaching English around the world in a variety of contexts
Students will be able to observe experienced teachers of English for Academic Purposes in the university’s English Language Training Centre (ELTC) as part of their course
Cardiff Met also offers the CELTA, a 4 week practical training certificate which is recognised by the British Council worldwide. The course is taught by Dr Gabriel Roberts, one of the MA TESOL module leaders. Students on the MA TESOL may decide to apply for a place on this course after they complete the MA.

9. Unique features of our modules: 1
We offer visits to local multicultural primary schools as part of the TEYL module. Students will spend a full morning in the schools, supervised by the module tutor, Dr Helen Emery who is an internationally known academic & author in the area of TEYL

10. Unique feature 2
Introduction to TESOL Methodology module includes Micro-Teaching Practice which is assessed and provides a practical training in teaching English. This module is led by Dr Nik Konstantakis who has many years of English language teaching experience.

11. Unique feature 3
The MA TESOL offers a module in Teaching English for Specific Purposes (ESP) which is led by Dr Gabriel Roberts and aims to prepare students to teach in Business, Industry, Higher Education etc. This is a popular module with students on MAs, but is not offered by many universities

12. Teaching and learning on the MA TESOL
Weekly lectures, seminars, group discussions
Use of Moodle
Observations of experienced teachers, visits to schools
Video and audio
Focus on international English language course books, children’s literature, designing authentic materials for teaching
Review of research in the field
Focus on research methods appropriate for ELT
Peer Micro-teaching practice
Variety of assessment methods: written response to set questions, oral presentations, designing a lesson plan, micro-teaching.
Early assessment opportunity (during first few weeks of the course; provides an opportunity for students to gain valuable feedback from tutor)
MA TESOL does not include any final exams

13. Careers in TESOL where the MA Education: TESOL would be appropriate
Teaching academic English in universities – UK and international
Teaching general English or young learners in language schools (often the CELTA is an additional requirement)
Teaching ESP in industry, business, universities (eg: English for medicine and bioscience, English for engineering, English for hotel & catering)
Teaching in an overseas state school (usually at BA or B.Ed. (QTS) would be required in addition)
ELT publishers – editorial work
Proof reading of research publications in the field
ELT testing and assessment services, eg: Cambridge ESOL, Oxford Examinations
ELT course book writing
Employees of Ministries of Education who work with
English teachers

14. Why study in Wales?
Cardiff is the capital of Wales and has great shopping and restaurants as well as Cardiff Castle Wales has a unique history and lots of interesting places to visit such as castles, rugged coastlines, Welsh valleys, Mount Snowdon (Wales’ highest mountain) Wales has an excellent education system and some of the best universities in the UK, including Cardiff Metropolitan University!