MA Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages
Program Description
The MA in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages gives you the valuable skills to engage with theoretical and practical challenges of teaching English as a foreign language, or as a second language.
You can choose to complete a dissertation or compile a portfolio for the second stage of the course.Swansea University has one of the longest-established TESOL training and education centres in the UK and is internationally known for excellence in vocabulary research.
The faculty is based on our energising Singleton Park campus, in parkland overlooking Swansea Bay.The Graduate Centre is designed to promote individual and collaborative research activity of international standard, providing a supportive environment for those undertaking postgraduate research and taught masters study.It offers postgraduate training to enhance academic and professional development, and facilitates seminar programmes, workshops and international conferences.
Admission Requirements
- Students must attain a 2:2 (or overseas equivalent) in an undergraduate degree. Any degree subject will be considered.
- General requirement-
- Indian Students-
- Successful completion of a relevant Bachelors degree from a recognised institution with either a Second Class Upper Division or a Second Class Lower Division equivalent:
- Second Class Upper Division equivalent: 60%; or CGPA 6.7 (10 point system); or CGPA 6 (7 point system); or CGPA 3 (4 point system) - including Standard XII in English - 70% or above (or equivalent).
- Second Class Lower Division equivalent: 55% or CGPA 6.1 (10 point system) or CGPA 5.5 (7 point system) or CGPA 2.67 (4 point system) for institutes of national importance/LLB) including Standard XII in English - 70% or above (or equivalent).
- Arab Students-Candidates are expected to have successfully completed a relevant Bachelors degree from a recognised institution with a minimum of a Second Class Lower Division: CGPA 2.5 (out of 4.0) or Grade C+ CGPA 3.5 (out of 5) or 75% or Grade C+ with IELTS 6.5 with 6.0 in each part of the test (or equivalent)
IELTS Requirements
Listening |
Reading |
Writing |
Speaking |
Overall |
6 |
6 |
6 |
6 |
6.5 |
Remarks:
Indian Students IELTS Waiver::-
- Only Below State Boards are eligible for IELTS Waiver – Karnataka State, Maharashtra State, Tamil Nadu State, West Bengal State,AP (2018 Board exam onwards only ) Telangana ( 2018 Board exams onwards only )
- 75% in Standard XII English language from SSCE,CBSE,ICSE,CISCE