Courses

Program at a Glance

  • Credits: 30
  • Entry term: Primarily Fall
  • Duration: Normally 2 years, max. 3 years
  • Format: Full-time
  • Class schedule: All classes are delivered after 4:30 p.m on weekdays.
  • Tuition waiver: Currently, all MA-TEFL students hold 100% tuition exemption and follow the program free of charge. New candidates are offered waiver opportunities upon availability.
  • Delivery mode: On campus (face-to-face)
  • Application deadline: 20 July 2026 (for Fall intake)

Structure
The program consists of 30 credits of coursework and a thesis, including:

  • 3 core credit-bearing courses
    • TEFL 531 Research Methods in Linguistics I
    • TEFL 532 Research Methods in Linguistics II
    • TEFL 555 Written Academic Discourse
  • 7 elective credit-bearing courses
    • TEFL 506 Sociolinguistics
    • TEFL 556 Trends and Developments in Applied Linguistics
    • TEFL 501 Second Language Acquisition
    • TEFL 503 Linguistics: the Nature of Language
    • TEFL 510 Language Testing
    • TEFL 512 Issues in ESP
    • TEFL 521 EFL Methodology I
    • TEFL 524 EFL Methodology II
    • TEFL 528 Curriculum Development and Evaluation
    • TEFL 530 Materials Development
    • TEFL 551 Research Seminar I
    • TEFL 603 Instructional Supervision
  • 2 non-credit components
    • TEFL 550 Thesis Seminar
    • TEFL 554 Thesis Writing
  • 2 university-wide General Education graduate courses
    • GE 500 Research Methods and Academic Publication Ethics
    • GE 590 Academic Practices