TESOL (Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages) with CELTA University of Chester

Overview

TESOL (Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages) with CELTA at University of Chester graduates emerge from the course with a strong theoretical and practical foundation, ready to shape the future of English language teaching and qualified to step into a teaching job or related employment.

What you'll learn

The University of Chester is an approved training centre, authorised by Cambridge English. So, through our unique delivery, you’ll have the rare opportunity to gain two internationally recognised qualifications simultaneously on our full-time course: the Master’s in TESOL and the prestigious Cambridge English Certificate in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (CELTA). You will explore the foundations of pedagogy, modern teaching methodologies, and emerging debates in language teaching, such as English as a Lingua Franca (ELF, or ‘universal language’) and global perspectives on language ownership. The MA TESOL also features a specialist module in phonology, led by a published expert in pronunciation teaching, Mark Hancock.

Although our course options focus primarily on teaching English to speakers of other languages, you will be equipped with teaching techniques that are widely used in TEFL (Teaching English as a Foreign Language), and in teaching younger learners. Alongside this, you will gain a greater understanding of how language systems work, through studying syntax, verbs, tenses, language structures and meanings, and even how apostrophes work!