Master's Degree Program

TESOL

Department of TESOL: Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages


Introduction

The two-year Ewha TESOL Master’s Degree Program was established in 2009 for both pre-and in-service English teachers. Classes meet in the evenings and are conducted entirely in English.

Educational Objectives

  • To cultivate the ability to creatively apply language education theory and teaching skills to classroom practice
  • To develop courses and materials appropriate for students’ diverse needs and learning styles
  • To foster the ability to teach English in English and address a multitude of actual teaching situations

Requirements for the MA Degree

  • MA TESOL students are required to enroll full-time for 4 semesters and complete 36 credits of coursework. For the required portfolio project, students will demonstrate the ability to apply theory to course and materials development.

Curriculum

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Classification CourseNo. Credits Course Subject Contents
Core Y41101 3 Introduction to English Language Learning & Teaching This course introduces fundamental principles and approaches related to English language learning and teaching.
Core Y41102 3 Teaching and Assessing Listening & Speaking This course allows English language teachers to learn and apply theoretical foundations of listening and speaking so that they may plan and assess language learning.
Core Y41103 3 Teaching and Assessing Reading & Writing This course allows English language teachers to learn and apply theoretical foundations of reading and writing so that they may plan and assess language learning.
Elective Y42104 3 Pedagogical English Phonology This course is designed to assist English language teachers develop and practice pronunciation skills. The course will focus on articulation, intonation, and accent.
Core Y42105 3 Academic and Research Writing for TESOL This course helps English language teachers develop writing skills for TESOL academic writing & research. Students analyze authentic TESOL articles; building knowledge of genre and writing strategies used in TESOL and the humanities, and write a portfolio of short TESOL articles based on these genre & strategies. A secondary goal is to build knowledge of applied genre analysis.
Elective Y43106 3 Classroom English & Classroom Management This course is designed to enhance the academic English skills of EFL teachers and the English skills that they require for classroom instruction. Furthermore, this course will investigate aspects of effective classroom management skills and their application.
Elective Y43107 3 Classroom Observation & Supervised Student Teaching This course provides an opportunity for students to observe principles and approaches as well as teacher-student relationships in authentic classroom settings. With the guidance of mentor teachers, students will be able to conduct practice teaching.
Elective Y43108 3 Educational Linguistics for Teachers This course is designed to help teachers without a linguistics background to build strong foundations by exploring various aspects of language studies.
Elective Y43109 3 Language, Culture & Communication This course will explore the important relationships of language, culture and communication, and the importance of such understanding in language teaching.
Elective Y43110 3 Materials Development & Technology for EFL Students The course guides English language teachers to appropriately develop, apply and finally assess materials appropriately for EFL contexts. This course will assist teachers to utilize effective teaching materials in their teaching so that learner needs are met.
Elective Y43111 3 Second Language Acquisition This course provides a historical overview of second language acquisition and explores the theories in detail. The course also investigates current issues and research related to language teaching.
Elective Y43112 3 Second Language Assessment This course explores various aspects of second language testing and assessment applicable in second language classrooms. Through this course, students will be able to understand and develop valid and reliable tests.
Elective Y43113 3 Teaching English to Young Learners This course introduces fundamental principles and approaches related to English language learning and teaching for young learners.
Elective Y43114 3 Teaching Practica This course gives students the opportunity to apply language learning and teaching principles and approaches by immersing themselves in real teaching situations. Practice teaching will be conducted under the supervision of faculty members who provide advice about lesson planning, teaching methods and classroom management.
Elective Y43115 3 Introductory Academic Writing This course familiarizes English language teachers with the basics of academic writing needed to teach their own EAP (English for Academic Purposes)/CBI (Content-Based Instruction) students. The course begins with paragraphs, coherence, and support. It then surveys the most common genre found in undergraduate studies, including process; cause & effect; comparison & contrast; paraphrasing, summarizing & citation; and argumentative essays.
Elective Y43116 3 Teaching Practica for Young Learners This course gives students the opportunity to apply the theories and principles of teaching English to young learners in real teaching situations. Practice teaching will be conducted under the supervision of faculty members who provide advice about lesson planning, teaching methods and classroom management.
Elective Y43117 3 Classroom Observation & Supervised Student Teaching for Young Learners This course will engage students in the theory and practice of teaching English to young learners. The students will have an opportunity to observe and teach in authentic classroom settings with the guidance of a supervisor.
Elective Y43118 3 Bilingualism and English Language Teaching This course will examine bilingualism in relation to instruction in the native language, native language development, foreign language learning, and the relationship between the theory and practice of learning and teaching English in bilingual settings, particularly in the Korean context. The topics of subtractive and additive bilingualism will also be addressed
Elective Y43119 3 Advanced Academic Writing and Resesrch in TESOL This an elective course is for students who have successfully completed Academic Writing and Research in TESOL. Students who wish to pursue further studies upon completion of the MA program are encouraged to enroll.
Elective Y43120 3 Second Language Acquisition This course provides a historical overview of second language acquisition and explores the theories in detail. The course also investigates current issues and research related to language teaching. Through this course, students will gain perspectives on language acquisition, learner factors, bilingualism and its connection in language classrooms.
Elective Y43215 3 Advanced English Language Study This course provides opportunities for English language teachers to strengthen their academic and advanced language abilities as English teaching professionals.
Elective Y43216 3 Content-Based Instruction (CBI) This course examines theoretical and practical aspects of content-based instruction and immersion models in second language education. Students are provided with the opportunities of teaching various subjects (e.g., math, science, social studies) in English.
Elective Y43217 3 Corpora in TESOL This course is designed to provide students with the application of corpus as an important resource for language teaching. Students will be introduced to various written and spoken corpora as well as the approach and practice of analyzing data.
Elective Y43218 3 Current Topics in TESOL This course aims to familiarize students with current issues and topics in TESOL. Through this course, students will be able to develop analytical and critical perspectives of second language teaching as well as discuss various points of view.
Elective Y43219 3 Curriculum Development in Language Teaching This course is designed for English language teachers to develop a curriculum appropriate for both teacher and learner’s needs.
Elective Y43220 3 Discourse Analysis & Language Teaching This course surveys and analyzes different types of discourse in order for language teachers to develop ideas and methods to introduce authentic discourse in second language classrooms.
Elective Y43221 3 English for Specific Purposes (ESP) The aim of this course is to investigate English language teaching for students with specific purposes such as those in legal, business, and academic settings or those with specific interests. This course examines the theory and approach of English for Specific Purposes and its application in the classroom.
Elective Y43222 3 Ethnography of Communication This course examines the ethnography of communication in second language communication and explores such areas as speech types, language styles, and ethnicity.
Elective Y43223 3 Genre and English Teaching  This course explores how English language, with the observation and analysis of various rhetoric styles and discourse types, is used in particular settings.
Elective Y43224 3 Independent Study With the consent and advice of faculty members, students may undertake individual research work in the TESOL field.
Elective Y43225 3 Teaching English Grammar This course is designed to provide students with the fundamental pedagogical principles needed to teach English grammar. Students will learn various practical approaches to teaching grammar and survey the high frequency grammatical features of the English language with a focus on common learner difficulties and means of addressing those issues in the language classroom.
Elective Y43226 3 Learner Language Analysis This course investigates the important aspects of learner language through observation and analysis of discourse data that serves as an important basis for language teaching.
Elective Y43227 3 Multimedia-Enhanced Language Learning & Teaching This course is intended to assist language teachers in effectively using multimedia in the second language classroom.
Elective Y43228 3 Research Methods for Second/Foreign Language Learning & Teaching This course provides an overview of research methods in language teaching and learning. Students will understand the core concepts of research methods which will assist them in reading research articles and conducting their own research.
Elective Y43229 3 Seminar in TESOL This course is designed to provide assistance in writing a research paper/scholarly paper. The course will cover topics of formulating a research question/topic, finding relevant literature, organizing and reporting literature, different types of research methods, collecting and analyzing data, and constructing a research paper.
Elective Y43230 3 Portfolio Workshop in TESOL Students will apply the theory they have learned in their studies to practical materials design. This course is designed to provide assistance in creating one chapter of an EFL text book, including teachers' manual, providing sufficient material for eight hours of in-class instruction.
Elective
Y43231 
3 Teaching Literature and Language 
This course aims to integrate literature and language teaching for English language teachers. Through this course, students will learn to develop course materials by using literature as the main resource. Furthermore, extensive reading will be emphasized as the primary teaching methodology as students learn to combine ER along with other foreign language teaching methods such as CLT and TBLT. 

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  • Position  Professor of TESOL Dept. Chair of TESOL Dept.
  • Education  Ewha Womans University (Ph.D.)
  • Office  ECC B240
  • Tell Number  3277-4020
  • Position  Professor of TESOL Dept.
  • Education  Institute of Education, University of London (PhD)
  • Office  ECC B242
  • Tell Number  3277-6914
  • Position  Professor of TESOL Dept.
  • Education  University of Ottawa (Ph.D. candidate)
  • Office  ECC B240
  • Tell Number  3277-6912
  • Position  Professor of TESOL Dept.
  • Education  University of Birmingham, England (M.A.), University of Glasgow, Scotland (M.A.)
  • Office  ECC B119
  • Tell Number  3277-6864