TESOL and Foreign Language Teaching (FLT)

Overview

The Graduate Diploma in TESOL and Foreign Language Teaching (FLT) from  University of Canberra  will further develop your knowledge of language as a system and expand your skills in language teaching and testing. 

You will gain invaluable teaching practice with ongoing guidance from an experienced mentor in a second/foreign language teaching institution. This flexible course can be studied either full-time in 1 year or part-time in 2 years and is designed to work for you.

Study the Graduate Diploma in TESOL and Foreign Language Teaching (FLT) from University of Canberra and you will:

• develop the skills required for the effective teaching and learning of English and other languages
• gain professional practice in language teaching
• gain a deeper understanding of language as a system 
• learn about the design of language testing and current assessment practices
• build specialised knowledge and skills for professional practice in a range of educational settings
• empower learners with your strong subject and pedagogical knowledge
• establish and maintain ethical and respectful relationships with students, colleagues and parents
• develop the strengths and linguistic needs of students from diverse cultural, religious and socio-economic backgrounds.

Career opportunities

A Graduate Diploma of TESOL and Foreign Language Teaching will prepare you for a career in a wide range of professional contexts in Australia and internationally, including teaching English to speakers of other languages, or foreign language teaching. 

Graduates can work in such roles as:

• teacher of English as a second language in Australia
• teacher of a language other than English
• adult educator
• workplace-based TESOL instructor
• community educator
• teaching assistant
• language specialist
• interpreter
• Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (CALD) specialist
• community or refugee support officer
• flexible learning developer
• language coach/tutor
• foreign aid worker