New PhD in TESOL
Posted on 8 December 2014
The new PhD in TESOL is designed to enhance specialised knowledge through academic study and research.
The programme is suitable for:
- English as second or foreign language teachers
- teacher educators
- professional development administrators
- curriculum developers
- materials writers
- researchers
- academics
The course emphasises state-of-the-art second and foreign language research. It focuses on practice and aims to help students to achieve a critical understanding of teaching theories and to obtain solid grounding in research methodology appropriate for conducting research projects in their professional contexts.
We are interested in hearing from students doing projects in the following broad research areas:
- English for academic and professional purposes
- Reading, writing, speaking in English as a second or foreign language
- English language teacher cognition and identity
- English language teacher education
- English language curriculum development and evaluation
- English language testing and assessment
- Oral and written feedback
- Classroom discourse studies
- Cross-cultural pragmatics
- Second language acquisition
Entry requirements
- Master’s or equivalent at 2.1 honours level in a relevant discipline (e.g., MA degree in TESOL, Applied Linguistics, ELT, or Education)
- Applicants for whom English is not a first language: IELTS composite score of 7, with a minimum of 6.5 in Reading and Writing and a minimum of 6.0 in Listening and Speaking
- Interview (face-to-face or via Skype)
- Submission of a PhD research proposal and application form available at: http://www.york.ac.uk/study/postgraduate/courses/search?level=postgraduate&q=education .