Admission Criteria

The minimum general requirement for admission to the post-graduate degree programme is a Bachelor Degree from a recognised university.

More specifically, the following entry requirements apply for the MA in TESOL programme:

Academic requirements

• All applicants for entrance in the MA TESOL programme offered by the Department should have at least a lower second class (2:2) Bachelor degree in English Language/ English Linguistics and/or English Literature from a recognised university.
• Teaching experience is not essential but preferred. Tutoring experience is helpful.
• Applicants with a lower grade or whose degree is on a related discipline will be considered on their own merits.

Other requirements

• Two academic reference letters.
• Personal Statement: A letter highlighting the applicant’s individual competencies and strengths and providing his/her reflections regarding the expectations and value of the programme as well as to his/her personal advancement and career development.

English Language Entry requirements

If the candidate’s first degree was not taught in English language, then the candidate needs to provide evidence of his/her English Language proficiency as follows:

• A British Council International English Language Testing System (IELTS) score of 7 (or above) with a minimum score in each component of Reading, Writing, Listening and Speaking of 6.5, or
• TOEFL 580 (paper-based test) or 237 (computer-based test) with a score of not less than 4 in TWE or 92 (internet-based test) with not less than 21 Writing, Listening 21, Reading 22 and Speaking 23,
• or IGCSE minimum score ‘B’
• or Cambridge Proficiency English (CPE) minimum grade C
• or Cambridge Advanced English (CAE) minimum grade B.
• or Cambridge Michigan ECPE Proficiency – Pass
• or score placement at the ENGL-101 level of the University of Nicosia

English language test results should not be older than 2 years.

Course assessment usually comprises of a comprehensive final exam and continuous assessment. Continuous assessment can include amongst others, weekly interactive activities, projects, positive online forum participation etc.

Letter grades are calculated based on the weight of the final exam and the continuous assessment and the actual numerical marks obtained in these two assessment components. Based on the course grades the student’s semester grade point average (GPA) and cumulative point average (CPA) are calculated.

The student must complete 90 ECTS and all programme requirements.

A minimum cumulative grade point average (CPA) of 2.0 is required. Thus, although a ‘D-‘ is a PASS grade, in order to achieve a CPA of 2.0 an average grade of ‘C’ is required.

Upon successful completion of this program, the students should be able to:

1. Critically analyse relevant professional issues affecting current educational practices in the area of English language learning and teaching;
2. Reflect on and evaluate the quality of language teaching and learning;
3. Locate and critically assess the relevance and value of recent research in the area of English language learning and teaching;
4. Design, evaluate, develop and implement lessons and materials in English language teaching;
5. Design and evaluate course curricula in relation to English language teaching and learning;
6. Design, develop and implement research in their chosen area of specialization;
7. Fully and confidently defend their ideas on language teaching and learning both orally and in writing;
8. Synthesise, at a high level, data and ideas from secondary sources for seminar presentations and assignments;
9. Critically assess and reflect upon one’s own practice and development as an English language teacher.

Semester 1

Semester 2

Semester 3