University Master’s Degree in Language Acquisition and Teaching English as a Foreign Language
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- Type of programme
- Official masters
- Campus
- Online
- Duration
- 2 semesters
- Credits
- 60 ECTS
- Schedule
- Wednesdays and Fridays from 4 to 8pm (8hrs/week) and Moodle platform.
- Language
- English
- Places
- 30
- Modality
- Online
Why choose this master’s degree
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An officially recognised qualification in Europe and worldwide.
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Flexible external placements at your workplace, place of residence, or abroad.
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100% taught in English.
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Fully online: join live videoconferences or watch recorded sessions at your convenience.
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Learn from leading researchers and industry experts.
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Gain direct access to doctoral studies.
What will the programme provide?
To improve a range of professional competences as an EFL teacher or educational specialist and to be able to:
- Identify educational needs and design proposals of educational innovation.
- Improve teaching and learning processes in bilingual and multilingual contexts.
- Promote the development of learners’ linguistic, plurilingual and digital competences and intercultural awareness.
- Work efficiently in multilingual, multicultural and interdisciplinary professional and/or academic contexts
University Master’s Degree in Language Acquisition and Teaching English as a Foreign Language
This online master’s degree provides advanced teacher training in innovative methodologies and approaches to language acquisition and teaching English as a Foreign Language (EFL) to help improve teaching skills and competences. The master's degree combines an online teaching-learning environment, online contact sessions and a school teaching placement. The placement can be carried out in the candidate’s country of residence or abroad, through our pre-existing contacts with schools in Finland, the UK, Ireland, and the USA.
Prospective students
This is the master’s degree for you if you are a pre-primary or primary teacher, a secondary school teacher, or if you teach in a non-regulated language school. It will also be of interest to you if you are part of a school management team and you would like to discover new perspectives on teaching and learning English as an additional language.
This master's degree may also be of interest to you if you graduated with at least 180 ECTS credits and want to change your profession to teaching English as a foreign language.
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Presentation
The growing importance of English as a global language, its introduction at increasingly younger ages in nursery school as well as the widespread implementation of CLIL have radically changed the needs, objectives and realities in the area of the teaching and learning of English as a foreign language (EFL) in schools. Therefore, schools need professionals who are not only highly proficient in the English language but also have the necessary teaching skills and competences to be able to respond effectively to the current demands of the school context as well as capable of working in multilingual, multicultural and interdisciplinary professional contexts.
Objectives
- To train English as a foreign language (EFL) teachers to efficiently apply different theoretical models and innovative methodological approaches to the teaching, learning and acquisition of EFL processes in bilingual and multilingual contexts, both in compulsory, vocational, formal and non-formal education and in the business sector.
- To train teachers by helping them to acquire theoretical and practical knowledge and the appropriate skills to promote the development of plurilingual and intercultural awareness among their students.
- To train specialists by helping them to acquire theoretical, practical and interdisciplinary knowledge about educational research models and methodologies in the field of acquisition, teaching and learning of (first, second and foreign) languages in different contexts and at different educational levels.
- To train professionals to be able to efficiently work in multilingual, multicultural and interdisciplinary professional and/or academic contexts.
- To train professionals to efficiently use the English language and academic skills in English, both orally and in writing, for academic and professional purposes.
Academic accreditation
Máster Universitario en Adquisición y Enseñanza del Inglés como Lengua Extranjera / Master's Degree in Language Acquisition and Teaching English as a Foreign Language por la Universitat Internacional de Catalunya
Curriculum
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Admission process
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Request information
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Application for admission
- Delivery of documentation
- Validation of documentation
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Assessment of candidate
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Result of admission process
- Admission
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Deposit paid
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Enrolment
Between July and September
- Tuition paid
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Admission criteria
- The minimum required level of English to access this master’s programme is B2+
- Open to holders of degrees and diplomas in pre-primary and primary education
- Open to holders of a degree who are involved in teaching at a pre-primary, primary, secondary, or upper-secondary level
- Open to professionals (with a degree) involved in non-formal education who aim to teach English as a foreign language
Required documentation
You will find all the required documentation by clicking on the following link:
Reservation and enrolment
In order to reserve a place, once you have completed the admission process you will need to pay 20% of the total price for the master’s degree. The remaining 80% must be paid in one lump sum once enrolment is complete.
Prices, grants and financial aid
Price
Grants
UIC Barcelona offers various fellowships supported by both public institutes (MEC or AGUAR), as well as private UIC Barcelona funds.
For further information, please check with our admissions department:
Grants offered by UIC Barcelona for master's degrees and postgraduate programmes
Other grants
Those pursuing master's degrees or postgraduate programmes studies at UIC Barcelona are also eligible for other scholarships.
Financing
In order to make tuition fee payments easier for students, UIC Barcelona offers various financing options through its partner banks.
Payment facilities
UIC Barcelona offers different payment options.
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The Alumni Ambassadors are volunteer alumni who will explain their experience at UIC Barcelona to you. With them you will be able to resolve any doubts that may arise about the chosen program, the University and your experience as a student.
What questions can you ask an Alumni Ambassador?
- What do you value most about this program?
- What profile of students studied it?
- What do you think about teachers?
- What professional practices did you do?
- What are the advantages of studying in Barcelona?
- If he/she already has a job and if he had a hard time finding one.
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