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MASTERS LISTINGS .

Mastering the art

of teaching English

Federica Tedeschi explains how the Gazette
compiles its listings of UK and Irish Masters
degrees, and which features of the courses
we are highlighting in this issue

our grid under the heading TP. We also asked not only of teaching and learning but also of
or the last 30 years the EL Ga- if they offered a teaching qualifications (TQ) resources and student welfare.
zette has published information such as the CELTA, CertTesol or a university Overall, the British Council inspection
on ELT- related Masters in the UK equivalent, with the answers marked under TQ. results for UK universities are outstanding. If we
Fand Ireland. Twice a year we email Several universities told us they had Fast calculate the average of all accredited schools
every institution on our list, try to phone Track options, where teachers who already had and language centres in the UK, the result is
each one and send a second email if we full qualifications, like a diploma, were awarded 4.5. The average for university language centres
do not hear back. credits. We have included any fast track options is 8.0, nearly twice the national average. All
For this we issue we asked each university to we know of under the listing for that course. accredited centres scoring eight or above are
confirm the name of the institution/department Finally, since the emphasis in this listing is on deemed a Centre of Excellence by the Gazette.
and MA names and asked them to tell us if they teaching rather than theory, we looked at the They are marked by a star in the grid.
had dropped an MA or had a new postgraduate inspection results for individual UK universities Our analysis of the results revealed
course to offer. who choose to be accredited by the British something else: the top scoring centres were
We managed to collect replies from most of Council. correlated not to the international rankings
the universities in our list; where we did not, Only a minority of UK universities choose to but their geography. Top is Manchester (93%)
we referred to previous data from June 2018 have their language centres accredited. Those followed by Liverpool (87%) then nearby Edge
for the names and the courses. The listings for that do not are marked with a cross under the Hill which ties with Brighton (86%). With two
these entries are given in italics and missing BC column. Irish universities are not elgible and more Centres of Excellence in Manchester and
information is marked with a question mark. the BC column is maked NA for not applicable. ranking stalwart UCLan, the universities of
Given the growing number of students who Remember that the inspection results only the North West of England are indeed an ELT
choose to study an MA before going into a apply to the language centre, not the whole powerhouse.
classroom university. While some Masters degrees are run But wherever you are wanting to study, and
we also asked whether each course offered in language centres, for the others accreditation whatever type of course you are looking for, we
Teaching Practice. The answer is marked on is a proxy measure for the university’s standards, hope our Masters Listings will help you make
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the right choice.

wherever you are wanting to
study, and whatever type of course
you are looking for, we hope our

Masters Listings will help you make
the right choice
The Language
Centre

KEY
MA Master of Arts
MEd Master of Education
MA Teaching English to Speakers (awarded by a department of education)
of Other Languages (TESOL) MPhil Master of Philosophy (research-based Masters)
MSc Master of Science
(commonly used in Scotland for all Masters)
1 year full-time, 2 years part-time
Available from September 2019 EFL English as a Foreign Language
ELT English Language Teaching
This UK-based Masters degree will develop existing skills to enable you to teach TEFL Teaching English as a Foreign Language
English to speakers of other languages around the world and to contribute to the TESOL Teaching English to Speakers of Other Langauges
changing world of international English language education.
(sll refer to English language teaching)
For more information and details on entry requirements, please contact
The Language Centre on 01695 657188, email efl@edgehill.ac.uk
or visit our website at: ehu.ac.uk/tesol TP Teaching Practice
TQ Teaching Quali cation
BC British Council accredited language centre
 Centre of Excellence
(based on British Counci inspection results)
search Edge HIll
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