Overview

• To provide graduates with a professional qualification in language teaching and to promote the development of students as effective and reflective teachers

• To develop students' understanding of the language-learning process and associated pedagogies

• To provide students with experience of the application of technologies in language learning

• To develop further students' language skills in their chosen language(s), with particular reference to teaching through the target languages and the use of the target language in classroom management

• To develop further students' understanding of socio-cultural aspects of language learning and teaching

Contact

Department: Education and Professional Studies
Course director: Orla McCormack
Tel: 353-61-232845
Email: orla.mccormack@ul.ie

Graduate Profile

Graduates of the programme will be eligible to be employed as teachers of both languages in second-level schools

Programme Content

Entry Requirements

An Honours degree (2.2 or above) (Level 8 - National Qualifications Authority of Ireland) in a relevant discipline.  An interview in the proposed languages to be studied will be a requirement.  Personal attendance at interview is required

Garda clearance is also required for this programme.

What to Include with your Application

• Qualification transcripts and/or certificates (including certified English translations if applicable)

• English language qualification(s) (if English is not your first language)

• A copy of your birth certificate (long document

• Evidence that your degree is recognised by the Teaching Council for the purposes of teaching.

English Language Requirements

Applicants whose first language is not English must provide evidence of either prior successful completion of a degree qualification taught through the medium of English or meet one of the criteria below (no longer than  two years prior to application):

Acceptable English Language qualifications include the following:

Matriculation examinations from European countries where English is presented as a subject and an acceptable level is achieved

• Irish Leaving Certificate English –Ordinary Level Grade D or above
• TOEFL – 550 (paper based), 213 (computer based), 80 (internet based)
• IELTS – Minimum score of 6.5* for Business, Arts, Humanities or Education programmes. Minimum score of 6.0* for Science, Engineering, Informatics or Electronics programmes *with no less than 6 in any one component.
• English Test for English and Academic Purposes (ETAPP) – Grade C1
• GCE ‘O’ level English Language/GCSE English Language – Grade C or above
• University of Cambridge ESOL –Certificate of Proficiency in English - Grade C / Certificate in Advanced English Grade A
• GCE Examination Boards – Oxford Delegacy of Local Examinations – Grade C / Cambridge Local Examinations Syndicate – School Certificate Pass 1-6 / University of London Entrance and School Examinations Council – School Certificate Pass 1-6

Results in examinations other than those listed above may also be accepted as meeting our English language requirements. Contact the International Education Division for advice.