香港科技大学国际语言教育专业硕士
Students enrolled into the MA in International Language Education program will have opportunity to pursue one of the two specialized concentrations: Teaching English as a Second Language (TESL), and Teaching Chinese as a Second Language (TCSL). Students must declare the specialized concentrations they apply for at the time of application.(1) Double-specialization is not allowed.
Students of the program must take eight courses (24 credits). Of the eight courses, students are required to take three compulsory foundation courses (9 credits), and five elective courses (15 credits), including at least one course (3 credits) from general electives, and at least three courses (9 credits) from either Teaching English as a Second Language (TESL) or Teaching Chinese as a Second Language (TCSL) concentration. Credit transfer is not allowed. Students admitted to the dual degree program with University of Southern California (USC) may transfer up to 6 credits from USC to fulfill the program requirements with prior approval of the Academic Director(s).
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Foundation Courses
MILE 5001 Second Language Acquisition MILE 5002 Language Teaching Methodology and Curriculum Design MILE 5003* Foundations of Technology-enhanced Language Education *Pure Online Course (with effect from AY 2019-2020)
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Elective Courses
General Electives MILE 5101 Discourse Analysis MILE 5103 Testing and Assessment MILE 5105 Cross-Cultural Pragmatics MILE 5106 Contrastive Analysis between Chinese and English TESL Concentration Electives MILE 5201 World Englishes MILE 5202 Teaching Second Language Vocabulary MILE 5203* Phonetics and Phonology for English Teachers MILE 5205 Grammar for English Teachers MILE 5206 Teaching English for Academic Purposes TCSL Concentration Electives MILE 5301 Chinese Writing and Culture MILE 5302* Mandarin Chinese Grammar for L2 Chinese Teachers MILE 5303 Phonetics and Phonology of the Chinese Language MILE 5304 Chinese Lexicology MILE 5305 Word Structure of Chinese: A Comparative Perspective MILE 5306 Understanding Chinese Language in Global Context Teaching Practicum Selected students may obtain 3 credits through participating in a supervised teaching practicum which usually takes place during the Spring semester.(2) MILE 6000 Supervised Teaching Practicum Research Project Selected students may obtain 3 credits through participating in a research project which usually takes place during the Spring semester. Selected students cannot take MILE6000 concurrently. MILE 6980 Research Project in International Language Education