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WHAT NEXT: ONLINE MASTERS LISTING
Institution and Department
Anglia Ruskin University
English and Media
Birmingham, University of
Education
UCLAN: Central Lancashire, University of
Languages
East London, University of
Education
Lancaster University
Linguistics & English Language
Leeds Beckett University
English Language Teaching*
Leicester, University of
Education
London Metropolitan University
Education & English Language Teaching
Manchester Metropolitan University
Languages, Information & Communication*
NILE Norwich Institute for Language Education*
Nottingham, University of
English
Open University
Education
Oxford University
Education
Oxford Brookes University
Education
Portsmouth, University of
Languages & Applied Linguistics
Sheffield Hallam University
Education*
St Andrews University
International Education Institute
Stirling, University of
Education
Sunderland, University of
Teacher Training & Education
York, University of
Education
KEY MSc
ELT English Language Teaching
MA Master of Arts PgDip Postgraduate Diploma
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. SPECIAL FEATURE
Course Name
MA TESOL (Distance Learning)
MA ELT (Distance Learning)
MA Professional Development in Language Education (Online)
Master of Science TESOL Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages
PgCert Postgraduate Certificate
MA Applied Linguistics and TESOL (Online) Online lessons from Tesol
MA TESOL (Online)
MA TESOL (Distance Learning) UK unis can learn from ELT says Melanie Butler
PgCert TESOL (Distance Learning)
s British universities lobby the linguistics that makes the subject online Evaluation of Evidence-Based Practices in
Online Learning
government to cover some of the friendly? Probably not. But online students A Meta-Analysis and Review of Online Learning Studies
£1 billion in costs of taking their undergoing professional training, or enrolled
Adegree courses online, it’s worth in courses involving explicit teaching and
MA Applied Linguistics (Distance Learning) taking a minute to consider the history of the declarative knowledge, do as well as their
ELT-related online Masters featured on the classroom peers, according to a major meta-
opposite page. analysis produced by the US Department of
MA ELT (Distance Learning) Take the MSC Applied Linguistics for Education.
Language Teaching at the University of In fact, the US study found no statistical
MA TESOL (Distance Learning) Oxford, which was the very first online difference in outcomes between online and
course, offered by Dr Catherine Walter in
campus-based courses for adults (though as
2011. As the Postgraduate Diploma in we report below, under-18s are a different
MA ELT (Distance Learning) Teaching English Language in University story). Some input from online teachers led
Settings, it became the first distance degree to lower drop out rates, which can be 50 per
ever awarded by the UK’s oldest university. cent higher online.
MA Applied Linguistics and TESOL (Distance Learning) Now, because of coronavirus, Oxford is But best of all for adult learning was the
delivering all its courses digitally. demonstration that a mix of online and
And Oxford is a Johnny-come-lately when classroom learning not only matched the
it comes to ELT-related online Masters. NILE outcomes from traditional classroom-only A US meta-analysis showed some types
Norwich has had a distance Masters for 20 learning, but surpassed them. This is one of online courses work as well as
years. If my memory serves me well, the reason why online Tesol Masters, like the one classroom-based learning
online Masters at Nottingham and Lancaster, at Birmingham, which offer campus-based
not forgetting Macquarie in Australia, have summer schools, have stood the test of time. Tesol specialists already have the answers,
MA Applied Linguistics and TESOL (Distance Learning) all been going even longer. Many British universities struggling to take because they’ve been doing it successfully for
Is there something specific to language and their courses online might find that their years.
MA in Applied Linguistics
Where is my Masters? Kids need classrooms
MSC Applied Linguistics for Language Teaching
At the EL Gazette, we have tried our best to track Research shows under-18s learn
down every ELT-related online Masters in the UK
MA TESOL (Online Distance Learning) and to check the information we include. We less online says Melanie Butler
believe it is the most comprehensive listing
MA Education (TESOL) (Distance Learning) available for UK online Masters in ELT-related
MA Applied Linguistics and TESOL (Distance Learning) disciplines, but we welcome information from hen it comes to school-age kids, online learning is
other universities who offer online Masters unlikely to take over from the classroom anytime soon.
MA TESOL Leadership and Management (Distance Learning) degrees which they believe may be relevant. Not only because leaving kids home alone is not a great
Widea, but because most of them learn better in school.
If your Masters is not mentioned and you would According to Professor Susanna Loeb of Brown University, “Online
MA TESOL (Online) like it included in future updates of this listing, or if courses are generally not as effective as in-person classes.” Her round
MSc TESOL (Online) you think any of the information included is up of recent US research, published in a recent issue of Education
MSc TESOL / Assessment & Evaluation (Online) incorrect, please let us know by emailing Week, showed that, while highly-motivated high achievers sometimes
MSc TESOL / EAP (Online) info@elgazette.com. We will make do better online, “online course-taking was less effective.”
MSc TESOL / EMI (Online) This may be especially true for language learning. In a US
MSc TESOL / Young Learners (Online) corrections or additions in future experiment, when the same Spanish course was delivered by the same
MSc TESOL / Technology for Teaching (Online) listings. teaching team using the same materials to schools with the same
student demographics, the students who learned face-to-face did
MA Applied Linguistics for ELT (Distance Learning) better overall, and significantly better in language production, as
PgCert TESOL (Online) measured by a written essay test.
PgDip TESOL (Online) By contrast, in a similar study involving algebra, the online students
MSc TESOL (Online) did better.
All of which is very good news for private language schools
PgCert TESOL (Online) enrolling young learners, which is to say almost every local private
language school in the world.
But while parents from Spain to Shanghai may soon be sending
MA Applied Linguistics and TESOL (Distance Learning) their kids back to the language school down the road, will they be
MA TESOL (Distance Learning) willing to put them on a plane this summer? That is more a matter of
politics and economics, than education, and it is still too early to tell.
If not, the trend to online tutoring is likely to continue. As Professor
* Programme is taught in or jointly with the language centre. Loeb points out, online courses may be less effective, but they are
certainly better than no classes.
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