Master of Science by Coursework in Applied Linguistics for Language Teaching (Part-time)

1. The Course shall be under the supervision of the Academic Committee of the Department of Education.  

2. Candidates must follow for six terms a course of instruction specialising in Applied Linguistics for Language Teaching. This course is available on a part-time basis only.

3. Candidates must satisfy the examiners in the following: 

Year A 

(i) Developing second language speaking and writing – An oral examination; 

(ii) Listening and reading processes in language learning – A submitted coursework assessment of not more than 2,500 words; 

(iii) Sociolinguistics and language teaching – A submitted coursework assessment of not more than 2,500 words; 

Year B 

(iv) Individual and group differences in language teaching – An oral examination; 

(v) Learning and teaching vocabulary – A submitted coursework assessment of not more than 2,500 words; 

(vi) Materials and assessment in language teaching – A submitted coursework assessment of not more than 2,500 words; 

Final year 

(vii) A dissertation of at least 15,000 but not more than 20,000 words, on a topic relevant to the course. The dissertation must be submitted no later than noon on the second Thursday in August in the final year of the course. 

4. The submitted coursework assessments, including the dissertation, must be submitted via the University approved online submission system, by dates and according to the instructions published in the Course Handbook. Technical information and the details of the assessment requirements for each assessment will be provided in the Course Handbook.

5. If a candidate receives a failing mark for any of the assessments, including the dissertation, they may resit the assessment on one further occasion, when this is next examined the following year, or at an earlier date which will be published in the Course Handbook. 

6. Candidates must present themselves for an oral examination for any assessment if required by the examiners.

Exit award 

7. Candidates who have failed the requirement of the MSc but have satisfied the requirements for the award of the Postgraduate Diploma in Applied Linguistics for Language Teaching (all the requirements for the MSc, except completion of the dissertation) may be awarded the Postgraduate Diploma.

8. Candidates who have satisfied the requirements for the award of the Postgraduate Diploma in Applied Linguistics for Language Teaching (all the requirements for the MSc, except completion of the dissertation), and who do not start or do not complete the dissertation, may end their registration and at that point be awarded the Postgraduate Diploma.