Language teachers are in demand in Australia and around the world and UC’s Master of TESOL and Foreign Language Teaching degree delivers the practical skills and knowledge that will help students of English and other languages reach their full potential.

No previous teaching experience or qualification required!

You’ll explore teaching methodology and practice, linguistics, oral communication, language acquisition and curriculum design – and how to apply these in numerous language education settings. Your new understanding of people coming from a wide range of cultural, social and religious backgrounds will also equip you with the valuable knowledge and skills needed to nurture your students’ futures in the workplace and beyond.

Build your skills step-by-step. This nationally and internationally recognised degree is part of an articulated postgraduate program of study that begins with a graduate certificate and ends with a master’s degree.  

A UC Master of TESOL and Foreign Language Teaching offers graduates the chance to acquire the skills needed to pursue a career in teaching and a pathway to a range of other lifelong learning careers. Graduates can work in such roles as:

• teacher of English as a second language in Australia
• teacher of a language other than English
• adult educator
• workplace-based TESOL instructor
• director of language education
• community educator
• teaching assistant
• language specialist
• interpreter
• academic director
• Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (CALD) specialist
• community or refugee support officer
• curriculum adviser
• flexible learning developer
• language coach/tutor
• lecturer
• education entrepreneur
• foreign aid worker
• researcher
• language teaching policy design and implementation.