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 the following courses offered by FED:
EDPC618
EDPC601
Curriculum and Pedagogy (Subject Based)
Introduction to Education
CM
CM
3
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
Total Credits 18

Year II

Course Code   Course Title  Type  Credits
Take the following courses offered by FED:
EDPC620
EDPC615
EDPC602
Teaching Practice
Teacher Ethics
Educational Psychology
CM
CM
CM
2
1
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