GRADUATE DIPLOMA
IN TEACHING ENGLISH TO SPEAKERS OF OTHER LANGUAGES 11 (GD in TESOL 11)
1. Aims and Objectives
The TESOL Graduate Diploma Program is for teaching professional development, quite practice-oriented. It is to provide
A comprehensive overview of issues in TESOL, with specific focus on current TESOL teaching methods in Vietnamese setting;
Skills and practice necessary to function successfully as TESOL teachers at foreign language centers, high schools and primary schools
2. Courses
Students are required to complete seven courses being given in English
(3 credits per course):
- Theories of Language Teaching and Learning
- Instructional Technology
- Second Language Acquisition
- Communication and Culture
- Advanced Methodology for Language Teaching
- Language Teaching Practice
- Academic Writing
3. Admission requirement
A Bachelor degree in English or TESOL with the final GPA >= 6.0/ 10.0
IELTS 6.5 or equivalent
4. Schedule
- Courses last for 7 months, on Saturday morning & afternoon, and Sunday morning, start in May and in November, at 97 Vo Van Tan, Distict 3, Ho Chi Minh City Open University
- Enrolment twice a year in May and in November
5. Degrees
Postgraduate Diplomas in TESOL will be granted to whoever has completed successfully the seven courses of the program. Diplomas holder can continue studying the second place leading to Master of Education in TESOL at University of Southern Queensland (Australia) or to MA Degree in TESOL at HCMC Open University or at other universities.
6. Commencing Date: May 19, 2012
7. Application File:
* 01 Graduate Diploma Application Form (download here)
* 02 certificed copies of Recognised Bechalor Degree in English
* 01 certified copy of transcript
* 04 current photoes (03*04 centimeter size)
Candidates should submit their application before April 19, 2012
For more information, please contact:
Ho Chi Minh City Open University
School of Graduates
Room 206, 97 Vo Van Tan, Dist. 3
Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Tel: (08) 3930 0947
Email: postgraduate@ou.edu.vn
http:// www.ou.edu.vn