MA Translation Studies with TESOL (Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages)

Full Time code: 882618

Part Time code: 882621

Introduction

The MA in Translation Studies with TESOL is designed for graduate linguists intending to follow a career in translation and/or teaching, or a career where high level professional language skills are a requirement, such as business and management, teaching, and creative and media professions. It is offered as a one-year full time programme (code 882618) and as a two-year part-time programme (course code 882621). The predominant mode of examination on this programme is by coursework and continuous assessment.

Students on this programme have the opportunity to examine from a practical and theoretical perspective the nature and process of translation as well as focusing on language teaching methodologies and second language acquisition. International students have the opportunity to develop advanced English language skills and study techniques at postgraduate level in the one-semester postgraduate English for Academic Purposes module. The latter can be taken as an additional module.

Programme structure

Semester 1

Core module

• Issues in Translation Studies

Option modules

• Introduction to Literary Translation
• Systems of the English Language
• Second Language Acquisition 
• Language Transfer in Relation to Film, TV and the Media
• Postgraduate English for Academic Purposes (for international students)
• New Technologies and Language Teaching/Learning 
• A range of modules from within the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (subject to supervisor's approval). See the module catalogue. For details on Faculty modules at postgraduate level please click here. 

Semester 2

One core module in Translation Studies

• An Introduction to Linguistics for Translators

Option modules

• Advanced Practical Translation Skills
• An Introduction to Corpus Linguistics
• Professional Translation Skills
• Postgraduate British Studies
• Approaches to English Language Teaching
• Teaching English for Specific Purposes
• EFL/ESOL Exams and Testing 
• A range of modules from within the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (subject to supervisor's approval). See the module catalogue. For details on Faculty modules at postgraduate level please click here.

Semester 3

• Dissertation

Entry requirements

• Applicants should have a first degree in a related area and an IELTS score of 6.5.
• Your personal statement needs to show an awareness of what Translation Studies is and of the content of the Translation Studies degree at the University of Hull.
• You should indicate the language pairs you would like to take. Note that you can take a maximum of two languages and that you will always translate in and out of English.

All International students on this programme will qualify for a bursary of £1,000.