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ED52033: Final project

[Page last updated: 15 August 2024]

Academic Year: 2024/25
Owning Department/School: Department of Education
Credits: 30 [equivalent to 60 CATS credits]
Notional Study Hours: 600
Level: Masters UG & PG (FHEQ level 7)
Period:
Dissertation Period
Assessment Summary: CWDI 100%
Assessment Detail:
  • Final project report, dissertation or portfolio (CWDI 100%)
Supplementary Assessment:
Like-for-like reassessment (where allowed by programme regulations)
Requisites:
Learning Outcomes: By the end of this unit, students will be able to: Identify, examine, and appraise key TESOL-related issues; Select and justify the focus, scope, and methodology of an educational project; Review, employ, and engage critically with the literature in the fields of TESOL or applied linguistics; Collect, analyse, and interpret data appropriately; Draw appropriate conclusions from an educational project, taking into account its strengths and limitations; Demonstrate self-direction and originality in planning and implementing tasks, in responding to changing demands, and in tackling and solving problems.


Synopsis: With support from your supervisor, you'll design, conduct and evaluate a small-scale educational project. You'll investigate a specific issue in the field of TESOL, which may have a practical, theoretical, and/or empirical orientation. Throughout your project, you'll demonstrate and develop your understanding of the subject matter as well as your research knowledge and skills.

Content: Detailed content is negotiated (and re-negotiated as necessary as the project unfolds) between student and supervisor.

Course availability:

ED52033 is Compulsory on the following courses:

Department of Education
  • THED-AFM71 : MA Teaching English to Speakers of Other LanguagesĀ 

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