TESOL (Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages)

Nottingham Trent University
Postgraduate MA Full-time 1 Year Teaching

About this course

This course is ideal for both experienced English Language teachers and those with little or no experience in the area who wish to become an English language teacher to speakers of other languages. The course helps you develop employability and enterprise skills, and offers a lot of teaching practice as well as an optional placement.

MA TESOL will equip you with a highly portable global skillset that allows you to get started as an English teacher in schools, universities and private training institutions around the world, manage English Language Teaching (ELT) programmes, develop educational material and textbooks, or even start your own language teaching business.

Our teaching methods encourage active participation in group work, discussion and the exchange of ideas, with the aim of developing your critical and analytical skills. The profile of our course participants is international, including most recently Japan, China, Taiwan, Korea, Saudi Arabia, Libya, Mexico, Poland, Switzerland and the UK. Our graduates are now working as English language teaching professionals, teacher trainers, textbook writers or university lecturers throughout the world.

Study Options

This course is available in 2 study options:

Full-time Shown above

Duration: 1 Year

Qualification: MA

Location: Nottingham

Part-time

Duration: 2 Years

Qualification: MA

Location: Nottingham

Career Prospects

Graduates from this course typically go into the following occupations:

2317 Teachers of English as a foreign language
2319 Teaching professionals
2316 Special and additional needs education teaching professionals
2324 Early education and childcare services managers
2329 Other educational professionals n.e.c
2322 Education managers

Course Details

Qualification
MA
Study Mode
Full-time
Duration
1 Year
Start Date
2025
Academic Year
2025
Campus / Location
Nottingham
Scheme
Postgraduate
Subjects
Teaching