MA E-LINGO - Teaching English to Young Learners
Freiburg, Germany
DURATION
2 Years
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Part time
APPLICATION DEADLINE
31 May 2024
EARLIEST START DATE
Oct 2024
TUITION FEES
EUR 2,600 / per semester *
STUDY FORMAT
Blended, Distance Learning
* plus 186 € immatriculation fee
Introduction
- M.A. E-LINGO - Teaching English to Young Learners is a part-time two-year post-graduate blended-learning master's programme, leading to a qualification in the teaching of English to young learners (pre-school and primary school)
- Combines online coursework with 2 days of face-to-face teaching sessions per semester at the PH Freiburg (online, if necessary)
- Is an excellent form of professional development for preschool and primary school language teachers
- Gives access to degree courses in teacher education and research at the university level
- Is a well-established master's programme, which has successfully qualified teachers of English for young learners for more than a decade
- Has received excellent reviews and has been used as a model for other blended-learning teacher qualification courses
What is the course about?
E-LINGO is a blended-learning programme combining online coursework with 5 x 2 days of face-to-face teaching sessions at the University of Education (Freiburg, Southern Germany). Starting in 2022, these sessions will be offered in a hybrid format and can be attended fully virtually, if necessary, although we strongly recommend students attend in person.
A two-week placement in a language classroom also forms part of the programme.
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Ideal Students
E-LINGO is an attractive post-graduate study programme for people with heterogeneous backgrounds interested in English at the pre-school and primary levels.
Whatever your BA degree specializes in you may now embark on new careers related to the teaching of English to young learners.
Admissions
Curriculum
Semester 1
Face-to-face meeting #1
- 2 days, Friday and Saturday
Online
- Unit 1 Working with tasks
- Unit 2 Understanding how children learn languages
- Unit 3 Working with words, grammar and sounds
- Unit 4 Integrating the skills
Face-to-face meeting #2
- 2 days, Friday and Saturday
Semester 2
Online
- Unit 5 Working with stories and short literary texts
- Unit 6 Evaluating teaching resources
- Unit 7 Integrating subject matter
- Unit 8 Managing the Language Classroom
Face-to-face meeting #3
- 2 days, Friday and Saturday
Semester 3
Online
- Unit 9 Promoting cultural learning
- Unit 10 Supporting individual learners
- Unit 11 Using media
- Unit 12 Acknowledging and assessing achievement
Face-to-face meeting #4
- 2 days, Friday and Saturday
Semester 4
Online
- Writing your Master’s Thesis
Face-to-face meeting #5
- 2 days, Friday and Saturday
- Final exam
Career Opportunities
All over the world children start learning foreign languages at an increasingly early age. E-LINGO qualifies you to teach English to young learners. It is an excellent form of professional development if you are already working in early years education or in a field related to the English language (e.g. translating, publishing).
What makes E-LINGO stand out is that it not only qualifies you to teach English to young learners but also opens up an academic path in the field as the program allows you to develop research skills as well as gain practical experience. This combination gives access to a wide range of job opportunities, for example:
- In nursery schools and playgroups
- In kindergartens and pre-schools
- In language courses for children offered by private institutions (language schools, community centres etc.)
- In primary and bilingual schools
- At universities (post-graduate research, teacher education, doctoral degree [Ph.D.])
- With publishers (materials design)
- In-school administration (curriculum development, in-service teacher education).