Non-Teaching Qualification Option – MASLA
Year I
| Course Code | Course Title | Type | Credits |
| ENGL715 | Second Language Acquisition | CM | 3 |
| ENGL754 | Evaluation and Assessment of Language Use | CM | 3 |
| Take one of the following courses according to the track chosen (i.e. ESL, PSL or CSL): | |||
| ENGL785 CHIN722 PTLG710 |
English Pedagogical Grammar * Chinese Pedagogical Grammar ^ Special Topic in Portuguese Applied Linguistics I # |
RE | 3 |
| Take one of the following courses according to the track chosen (i.e. ESL, PSL or CSL): | |||
| LING704 PTLG700 |
Research Methods in Applied Linguistics *^ Linguistics Method I # |
RE | 3 |
| Take one of the following courses according to the track chosen (i.e. ESL, PSL or CSL): | |||
| ENGL781 CHIN720 PTLG705 |
Methodology of Teaching English as a Second Language * Methodology of Teaching Chinese as a Second Language ^ Methodology of Teaching Portuguese as a Second Language # |
RE | 3 |
| One courses from the list of Required Elective Courses (see below) | RE | 3 | |
| Total Credits | 18 | ||
Year II
| Course Code | Course Title | Type | Credits |
| Take one of the following courses according to the track chosen (i.e. ESL, PSL or CSL): | |||
| ENGL783 | Supervised Teaching Planning and Practice in English as a Second Language * | ||
| CHIN721 | Supervised Teaching Planning and Practice in Chinese as a Second Language ^ | RE | 3 |
| PTLG708 | Supervised Teaching Planning and Practice in Portuguese as a Second Language # | ||
| One courses from the list of Required Elective Courses | RE | 3 | |
| For students who choose Academic Thesis**: | |||
| LING799 | Academic Thesis** | CM | 6 |
| OR | |||
| For students who choose Applied Thesis**: | |||
| LING798 | Applied Thesis** | CM | 3 |
| One courses from the list of Required Elective Courses (see below) | RE | 3 | |
| Total Credits | 12 | ||
* Course for ESL track
^ Course for CSL track
# Course for PSL track
– Compulsory Major course (CM) and Required Elective (RE)
** The Applied Thesis/ Academic Thesis may be written in English, Chinese or Portuguese, as appropriate to the track chosen by the student. Students of PSL and CSL may elect to write the Applied Thesis/ Academic Thesis in English with the permission of the MA Coordinator and the agreement of their Supervisor.
List of Required Elective Courses:
| ENGL705 | Course Design for Language Learning |
| ENGL706 | Current Trends and Issues in Language Learning |
| ENGL711 | Materials Design and Evaluation |
| LING700 | Translation & Applied Linguistics |
| ENGL782 | Literature and English Language Learning |
| ENGL780 | IT & Language Teaching and Learning |
| LING701 | Classroom Interaction |
| ENGL784 | Teaching the Language Skills |
| LING702 | Special Topics in Applied Linguistics I |
| LING703 | Special Topics in Applied Linguistics II |
Students are also allowed to take no more than three courses (9 credit hours) from any other MA programme in the University, with the permission of the MA Coordinator. These may include courses from the M.Ed in Curriculum and Instruction. Potential courses from current MA programmes in the University in Chinese, English and Portuguese include:
| ENGL704 | Comparative Chinese – English Structure |
| ENGL708 | First Language Acquisition |
| ENGL718 | Syntax -The Structure of English |
| ENGL772 | World Englishes |
| ENGL774 | Bilingualism |
| ENGL775 | Cognitive Linguistics |
| ENGL776 | Corpus Linguistics |
| CHIN715 | Topics in Chinese Linguistics I |
| CHIN716 | Topics in Chinese Linguistics II |
| PTLG704 | The Process of Language Acquisition (L1 and L2) |
| PTLG706 | Curriculum Planning and Materials Evaluation for Portuguese as a Foreign Language |
| PTLG707 | Developing Reading Skills in Portuguese as a Foreign Language |