Overview

Key facts

This online course is suitable for teachers from a wide variety of backgrounds. The content is aimed at both experienced and inexperienced practitioners who are interested in developing their understanding of practices and skills required for teaching English for Academic Purposes (EAP).

University of Surrey's Teaching English for Academic Purposes programme will teach you more about this topic.

Programme Structure

Courses include:

Identify where EAP fits into the wider ESP context (K)
Understand the roles of the teacher and learner in EAP (C and K)
Identify the pedagogical and linguistic needs of the EAP learner (C, K, P and T)
Understand and apply basic principles of EAP course design (K, P and T)
Understand and apply basic principles of EAP materials evaluation and selection (C, K, P and T)
Recognise the linguistic features typical of academic genres (C and K)
Understand and apply basic principles for teaching key skills (C, K, P and T)
Identify key criteria for EAP assessment (K, P and T).

Key information

Duration

Part-time
- 1 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2024-09-30 00:00:00

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Language

English

Delivered

On Campus

Disciplines

Teaching English as a Foreign Language View 30 other Short Courses in Teaching English as a Foreign Language in United Kingdom

Academic requirements

We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.

English requirements

We are not aware of any English requirements for this programme.

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Other requirements

General requirements

You need to be fluent in English as you will be required to process academic texts and discuss theory and concepts in detail (suggested minimum IELTS level of 6.5 overall with 6.0 in each element, or equivalent)

You should have a first degree, and it would be also be beneficial to have a recognised qualification in teaching English to speakers of other languages

You would ideally have some previous language teaching experience (ideally teaching teenagers and/or adults)

You should have a suitable device or computer with the capacity to make reasonable quality video calls using a webcam, headphones and microphone. You will also need to have a reasonable internet bandwidth and speed. Technical advice and support will be provided as necessary.

Tuition Fee

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International

700 GBP/full

Tuition Fee

Based on the tuition of 700 GBP for the full programme during 1 months.
National

700 GBP/full

Tuition Fee

Based on the tuition of 700 GBP for the full programme during 1 months.

Living costs for Guildford

660 - 1140 GBP /month

Living costs

The living costs include the total expenses per month, covering accommodation, public transportation, utilities (electricity, internet), books and groceries.

Funding

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Teaching English for Academic Purposes

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