MA对语言教学背后的许多关键概念和理论进行了广泛介绍。我们将鼓励您将语言视为不仅仅是一组规则。取而代之的是，您会意识到它是一个复杂，不断发展的过程，具有个人，社会和教育后果。实践教学模块为您提供了在支持性环境中实践和发展实践教学和反思能力的机会，并使您能够运用在课程中获得的知识，以发展自己的教学风格。诺森比亚（Northumbria）是英国最大的大学英语语言教学供应商之一，拥有丰富的TESOL资格证书教学经验。
The MA offers a broad introduction to many of the key concepts and theories that lie behind language teaching and learning. You will be encouraged to think of language as more than a set of rules. Instead, you will recognise it as a complex, constantly evolving process with personal, social and educational consequences. The practical teaching module provides you with the opportunity to practise and develop your practical teaching and reflective skills in a supportive environment and enables you to apply the knowledge gained during the course to developing your own teaching style. Northumbria is one of the largest university-based providers of English Language teaching in the UK, with extensive experience of teaching TESOL qualifications.<br><br>There is a worldwide demand for highly qualified English Language teachers and teacher trainers, as well as for managers, course planners, material developers and consultants. The MA has been designed to enhance career prospects and fulfil industry need for graduates with the skills to work across a variety of professions. It will equip you with important practical and transferable skills and offers opportunities for personal and professional development, including further study at doctoral level. As a result, previous graduates have gone on to good careers as English teachers overseas or in their home countries and, in many countries, job prospects for those holding the MA TESOL qualification are excellent.