Master of Professional Language Studies

Develop advanced professional skills in teaching English or another language. This programme is aimed at teachers who have a preliminary qualification and experience in language teaching. It combines advanced academic knowledge and practical language teaching skills.

You study a range of core and elective topics and then complete a reflective practice project where you identify an area of teaching that you would like to investigate in more depth. You critically review the literature and develop a theory of teaching in this area. In the classroom you apply the theory through a number of teaching events and reflect on your practice.

Quick Facts

Entry Requirements

Minimum entry requirements

  • One year of relevant professional experience and one of the following:
  • Relevant four-year bachelor’s degree
  • Relevant bachelor’s degree with honours
  • Relevant postgraduate diploma
  • Bachelor’s degree or graduate diploma AND a relevant professional qualification to merit standard or experience approved by the Dean (or representative) to be equivalent to one year of advanced study

Note: If you plan to start in July, you need to study part-time as some Semester 1 papers are prerequisites for Semester 2 papers.

Majors

Additional Majors and Minors

Additional majors and minors

Structure and Content

Core papers

  • Contemporary Approaches and Issues in Language Teaching
  • Curriculum Design and Assessment
  • Language Analysis
  • Reflective Practice Project
  • The Language Learner

Elective papers

  • Discourse Analysis
  • Language, Culture and Communication

Other paper

You could also study a relevant paper from another programme, for example:

  • Virtual Worlds

Related Programmes

Career Opportunities

Graduates will be well-prepared to advance their career in language teaching positions nationally and internationally in:

  • Community schools
  • High schools (for teachers who already have high school teaching qualifications)
  • Private language schools
  • Tertiary educational institutions

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