Teaching English as a Foreign Language - BA (Hons)

University of Essex

What do you need to know about the English language to teach it? How do you teach English in a variety of different contexts? Do you want to understand more about the types of contexts English Language teachers work in? Do you want to graduate with a professional qualification as well as a degree? Are you interested in starting a career in TEFL and in English Language Teaching in the UK as well as in international contexts? . You explore a broad range of topics that give you a thorough grounding in English language, teaching methodologies as well as practical training in TEFL. You study topics including: Second language learning, Foundations of TEFL, Language in Society, Practical training in TEFL methods linguistics and sociolinguistics.

Language and Linguistics