纽卡斯尔大学的TESOL专业全称为Applied Linguistics and TESOL,由于纽卡斯尔大学的语言学,英语语言学及翻译专业都在英国及世界上的知名度都极高,加上几年前杜伦大学又将其TESOL的Program合并到了纽卡斯尔大学,很多课程是由杜伦的老师任教的,因此TESOL专业相对来说课程很紧张。该校的TESOL专业接受任何专业背景学生的申请,也接受有工作经验需要深造的学生,是那些没有语言教育背景但想从事英语教学的同学们申请的首选。
纽卡斯尔大学TESOL专业课程设置
纽卡斯尔大学的TESOL课程是针对有教学经验和没有教学经验的学生分开设置的,对于没有教学经验的学生,纽卡斯尔提供了关于TESOL的入门级课程(Introduction to TESOL),主要讲授一些在语言教学中很重要的历史、理论以及实践方面详细的技巧与知识。
课程设置如下:
必修课 (两年以上教学经验2门,两年以下教学经验3门)
ALT8084 Introduction to TESOL *
ALT8001 Research Methods in Applied Linguistics
ALT8098 Dissertation OR
ALT8099 Software Portfolio
选修课 (两年以上教学经验任选5门 两年以下教学经验任选4门)
ALT8018 E-Learning for Languages
ALT8016 Computer Assisted Language Learning
ALT8094 Core Issues in Second Language Acquisition
ALT8096 Thinking Skills in ELT
ALT8102 Task‐ased Language Teaching
ALT8104 Classroom Discourse and Teacher Development
ALT8107 Discourse Analysis for English Language Teachers
ALT8108 An Introduction to Corpus Linguistics
ALT8011 Multimodal Interaction in the Language Classroom
ALT8019 Language Planning, Policy and Practice
ALT8020 Analysing the media: Theory and Practice
除了以上课程之外,纽卡斯尔还要求学生再选一门非应用语言学和TESOL的课程,以下课程任选一门
CCC8001 The Social Psychology of Communication
CCC8015 Sociolinguistics
CCC8043 International Business Talk and Interaction
CCC8077 Professional Communication
CCC8086 Language and Cross Cultural Communication
CCC8087 English in the World: Global and Cross Cultural Issues Surrounding English as a 'Lingua Franca'
CCC8091 Micro-analysis of intercultural interaction
EDU6000 Emotional Intelligence and Leadership
EDU8042 Counselling, Culture and Communication
EDU8046 Developing Thinking Skills
EDU8172 Leadership and Strategic Management
NCL8007 Career Development for Masters level students
Dissertation OR Software Portfolio
纽卡斯尔大学TESOL专业入学要求
1.学术要求:
学位要求,2.1,等同于国内本科75-80,具体根据本科大学(含成教与函授)层次而定
背景要求,语言学,英语文学,英语及其他紧密相关专业
2.语言要求:
雅思6.4,写作6.5,其余5.5
托福90分(听力17分,阅读18分,口语20分,写作17分)
PTE62,写作61,其余51