香港教育学院

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Programme Coordinator

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The programme will be offered as a self-funded programme in a two-year part-time and/or one-year full-time mode in the 2011/12

academic year.

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1M057 / C2M010

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ne-year Full-time/Two-year Part-time

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r Randal HOLME

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852) 2948 8461

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852) 2948 8173

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Associate Programme Coordinator

D

r Marc XU Zhichang

Programme Aims

The MATESOL programme provides a practical, professionally-

focused Masters’ degree for graduates who are in need of an

advanced academic qualification in TESOL. It is designed for English language teachers, teacher educators and language

professionals working in areas of language education policy, curriculum planning, materials development and assessment in

Hong Kong, Chinese mainland or overseas.

The programme core provides in-depth knowledge of:

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The description and teaching of English language pronunciation, vocabulary and grammar.

How first and second languages are learnt, processed and produced.

How to design and evaluate appropriate language curricula, assessments and materials.

State-of-art practice in TESOL methodology and the theories of mind and social context that shape it.

Programme Structure

The MATESOL will be offered in Full-time and Part-time modes concurrently. All courses will be offered once per year.

Full-time students will complete the course requirements in one year. Part-time students will complete the same course

requirements in two years. Completion of coursework and additional non-credit bearing workshops on Second Language Research

Methods (or the Second Language Research Methods course) will be a prerequisite for commencing a dissertation. Other than this

there will be no prerequisite courses.

The MATESOL provides a solid grounding in state-of-the-art research and practice through core courses in linguistics (with

applications for teaching and curriculum planning in the areas of pronunciation, vocabulary and grammar) and the practice of

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assessment,

and methodology). In addition, the MATESOL offers tailor-made degree strands to meet specific local and regional needs in TESOL.

MATESOL (English Studies)

provides a broad-based introduction to TESOL research and practice. This degree strand meets the

Education Bureau’s Postgraduate Subject Knowledge requirements* f

or English teaching in Hong Kong. It is especially suited to

local and overseas English language teachers who need to upgrade their professional qualifications.

*The recognition is subject to the approval of EDB

MATESOL (English as an International Language)

focuses on the roles and forms of English in international and regional

settings. It is especially suited to English language teachers who intend to work in international contexts and to language

professionals intending to work in language education policy, curriculum planning, materials development and assessment.

MATESOL (Young Learners)

is offered in the context of the rapid expansion of elementary level English language teaching

in Hong Kong, Chinese mainland and other parts of the region. It is especially suited to teachers, teacher educators and planners

working in primary and early childhood education.

MATESOL (Literature and Language Arts)

is offered in the context of the growing importance of language arts and literature in

secondary and tertiary level English language teaching. It is especially suited to secondary and tertiary teachers, teacher educators

and planners working in this area.

MATESOL (Applied Linguistics)

provides a broad-based introduction to TESOL research and a firm grounding in research

methodology. It is designed for students with a particular interest in TESOL research as a gateway to EdD or PhD study who do

not wish to follow one of the other degree strands.

The programme requirement for all degree strands is 30 cps, All participants must complete 6 core courses of 3 cps each (18 cps)

as follows:

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English Phonetics and Phonology

Lexis, Morphology and Semantics

Pedagogical Grammar

Curriculum and Assessment

Psycholinguistics and Second Language Acquisition

ELT methodology: Innovation and Change

In addition, participants must complete requirements for each degree strands as follows:

MATESOL (English Studies)

Sociolinguistics

Literature and Language Arts in TESOL

Written and Spoken Discourse

Elective (Select 1 Elective Course)

MATESOL (English as an International Language)

English in a Global Context

Sociolinguistics

Dissertation

MATESOL (Young Learners)

Teaching English to Young Learners

Children’s Literature in TESOL

Dissertation

MATESOL(Literature and Language Arts)

Literature and Language Arts in TESOL

Children’s Literature in TESOL

Dissertation

MATESOL (Applied Linguistics)

Second Language Research Methods

Elective (Select 1 Elective Course)

Dissertation

Programme Curriculum

Core Courses

18 cps

12 cps

Specialist/Elective Courses