Foreign Language Teaching in Higher Education
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45.04.02 In English and Russian
Level of education Master
Type of instruction Full-time
Duration 2 years
With the additional qualifications ‘Teacher of Additional Education’/ Translator/Interpreter in the Field of Professional and Intercultural Communication’/ and ‘Foreign Language Teacher’
Programme description
- The programme is suitable for a wide range of professionals. Students will master the theory and methodology of language teaching, become acquainted with the specific needs of language teaching in higher education and current trends in the methodology of language teaching for professional and research purposes
- The programme is designed for students with a Bachelor’s degree and an English language proficiency of at least level B2 on the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR). Graduates of this programme will be competitive in the Russian higher education labour market and will be sought after by non-linguistic universities and non-linguistic departments of Russian universities
- This programme will provide language departments of non-linguistic universities with highly qualified teachers of professionally-oriented foreign languages. The unique feature of this programme is that it focuses on teaching a foreign language to an adult audience, taking into account the language needs of the workplace
- Graduates will be able to successfully teach foreign languages at undergraduate, graduate and postgraduate level. Graduates will also be able to teach adult learners in corporate language training and other types of training programmes
Main courses
- Professional linguodidactics
- Fundamentals of psycholinguistics
- Second Language Acquisition
- Historical Overview of Teaching Foreign Languages for Specific Purposes
- Foreign Language Teaching Methodology
- Foreign language (German, Chinese, Spanish or Italian) • Intercultural communications theory
- Language Testing and Assessment
- Language Syllabus Design
- Language Teaching Materials Selection and Evaluation
- English as a Medium of Instruction in Higher Education
- Corporate Language Teaching and Coaching
- Differentiation in teaching mixed-ability groups
- Modern technologies in Language Teaching
- Intercultural communications theories
Our advantages
- SPbU is one of the few universities to offer unique professional training for teachers of foreign languages in higher education
- The programme is aimed at the professional training of highly qualified university teachers and, by focusing on the main educational objective, it ensures high quality training of specialists for higher education institutions
- The programme includes original courses
- The programme focuses on the development of practical skills and competencies to enable graduates to demonstrate their professional preparation from the earliest days of employment
- The language of instruction in the programme is English for 80% of the academic disciplines and Russian for only 20% of the elective disciplines (electives and mainly lecture courses)
- The SPbU Master’s degree in this programme will make the graduate a competitive specialist in the Russian labour market of higher education and corporate universities of large companies and corporations
Teaching staff
- Elena Belyaeva, Candidate of Pedagogy (Lomonosov Moscow State University), MA in Applied English Linguistics (the University of Birmingham), PhD (Lancaster University), Fulbright Scholar: Diploma in Human Resources Management (Boston University); Associate Professor in the Department of Foreign Languages in Economics and Law at St. Petersburg State University; holder of international language certificates and qualifications in foreign language teaching methodology; author of over 30 publications in English and Russian, including those indexed in the Web of Science; producer of online courses
- Elena Bugreeva, Candidate of Pedagogy, TESOL Certificate, ELT Advantage course ‘Communicative Teaching for ESL/EFL Classroom’; Associate Professor at St. Petersburg State University; expert in the methods of foreign language and culture teaching, intercultural communication, and the theory and practice of designing online courses
Career opportunities
As part of their studies, students undertake pedagogical practice in the teaching of a specialised foreign language. It can also take the form of developing a course or programme of study in a vocational foreign language, developing language tests and testing instruments, and developing teaching and methodological products of a practical nature.
Graduates work in the field of higher education, intercultural communication, applied linguistics, in the field of higher, special, professional and extracurricular education in the field of foreign language teaching, as well as in organisational and educational activities in the field of foreign languages:
- Foreign language teachers in non-language universities at undergraduate, graduate and postgraduate level
- Foreign language teachers in language centres offering corporate training
- Foreign language teachers at corporate universities
- Developer of educational and methodological products in foreign languages for distance and online learning, as well as language computer programmes
- Developer of language courses and programmes for specialised, professional and academic purposes