Develop an advanced conceptual understanding of language teaching and learning that will enable you to evaluate methodologies through your own independent research. Benefit from a prestigious, internationally recognised, relevant qualification and help to meet the ever-increasing demand for language teachers, particularly teachers of some non-European languages.

• Undertake the only MA course of its kind in the UK
• Obtain a general language teaching qualification for Europe and beyond
• Teach your mother tongue, or any language which you speak to an adequate level
• Focuses on general, theoretical aspects of language teaching, in contrast to a PGCE-style qualification, and gain a prestigious University of London degree
• Benefit from London’s international English-speaking environment

Facilities

• Our new Graduate Centre: purpose-built study spaces and a roof-top common room with a terrace
• Access to Queen Mary’s comprehensive libraries, including the Postgraduate Reading Room
• Access to the superb collections at Senate House Library, University of London

Career paths

This course helps you to become a self-sufficient and confident teacher, with skills which are attractive to a wide range of employers, including:

• universities in this country and abroad
• private language schools
• companies

You can also start your own business (for example, a language school, or business support and consulting).

You will be ideally placed to continue with further research, such as a PhD.