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Sign me upApplied Linguistics, Intercultural Communication and TESOL
Applied Linguistics MA
This course deepens your understanding of applied linguistics and shows how language shapes real-world issues, contexts, and global education.
Intercultural Communication MA
This course explores intercultural communication across disciplines, equipping you with skills to address language, culture, and diversity in research, policy, education, and the workplace.
Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) Pre-Service MA
The TESOL Pre-Service aims to enhance the employment prospects of graduates who hope to become English Language Teaching practitioners but have no professional experience.
Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) In-Service MA
This TESOL In-service course aims to advance the career prospects of a second or foreign language teacher and contribute to professional development.
The best thing about the Intercultural Communication MA is its critical and interdisciplinary approach to language and culture. Communication is not merely a neutral process, and my modules invited me to explore how language is shaped also by power, identity, and social structures. This has challenged me to reflect deeply on my own teaching practice and to reimagine English language education as a space for dialogue and transformation.
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QS World University Rankings by Subject 2026Header image credit: Mary Hinkley for UCL IOE. Course image credits (form left to right, top to bottom): Sophie Mitchell, Sophie Mitchell, Mat Wright, Alejandro Walter Salinas Lopez.
