MA Module: Core Module: Language Teaching Methodology
Explore and challenge your Views of Learning, Views of Teaching and Views of Language in the 60-credit core module on the NILE MAPDLE programme.
Location: Online
Course dates: January - April, September - December
MA Module: Management in Language Education
Gain insights into key components, skills and competencies of effective management in language education, and develop principled approaches for all aspects of educational management in this 30-credit elective module on the NILE MAPDLE programme.
Location: Online
Course dates: January - March, April - June, September - November
MA Module: Technology Assisted Language Learning
Raise your awareness of the possibilities and challenges offered by digital technologies now and over the coming years, and equip yourself with the academic, technical and practical skills to use technology to optimum benefit in and out of your classroom in this 30-credit elective module on the NILE MAPDLE programme.
Location: Online
Course dates: April - June
MA Module: Trainer Development
Familiarise yourself with the skills and qualities needed by teacher educators and raise your awareness of different models and practices in the area of Continuing Professional Development. Evaluate and design your own materials as well as a short, in-service or pre-service training course for a specific context, in this 30-credit elective module on the NILE MAPDLE programme.
Location: Online
Course dates: January - March, April - June, September - December
MA Module: Content and Language Integrated Learning
Raise your practical and theoretical awareness of CLIL educational contexts, exploring key principles in CLIL and their application to teaching practice in this 30-credit elective module on the NILE MAPDLE programme.
Location: Online
Course dates: January - March, April - June
MA Module: Materials Development for Language Education
Make your own contribution to the field of materials development by developing your critical awareness of language acquisition and pedagogy at a theoretical and practical level, and the criteria for evaluation and adaptation of language learning materials in this 30-credit elective module on the NILE MAPDLE programme.
Location: Online
Course dates: January - March, April - June, September - November
MA Module: Teaching English for Academic Purposes
Familiarise yourself with the theory and practice of current approaches and methods in teaching English for Academic Purposes and look at the development of EAP within the wider field of English for Specific Purposes, the key principles in EAP course design, and cross-cultural and intercultural issues in EAP in this 30-credit elective module on the NILE MAPDLE programme.
Location: Online
Course dates: January - March, April - June, September - November
MA Module: Testing, Evaluation and Assessment
Raise your awareness of key principles in language assessment by looking at the full range of formative and summative purposes of testing and assessment in language education and applying them to test design, construction and evaluation in this 30-credit elective module on the NILE MAPDLE programme.
Location: Online
Course dates: January - March, September - November
MA Module: Developing Learner Autonomy in Language Education
Develop your awareness of principles and practice relating to learner autonomy in language education, and apply these principles to your own professional context with a wide-ranging view of the philosophical and theoretical roots of autonomous learning in this 30-credit elective module on the NILE MAPDLE programme.
Location: Online
Course dates: Start at any time
MA Module: Teaching Young Learners
Explore major theories of young learners’ cognitive, social and emotional development and how young learners acquire foreign languages. Examine the relationship between curriculum and classroom, and develop a range of teaching, assessment and observation procedures for young learners in this 30-credit elective module on the NILE MAPDLE programme.
Location: Online
Course dates: 2025 dates to be announced
MA Module: Dissertation
Develop and apply principled procedures for investigating a specific area of language education and demonstrate expertise in different aspects of your investigation to make an original contribution to language education research in this 60-credit final module on the NILE MAPDLE programme.
Location: Distance learning
Course dates: Continuous enrolment
