Connecting English with education
Would you like to study in an inspiring, resourceful and creative environment? This is exactly what our master’s study programme of Lower Secondary School English Language Teacher Training offers. Its aim is to prepare you for the profession of an English language teacher at a lower secondary school. The whole study programme, i.e. subject-matter and propaedeutic courses of teaching, is characterised by connecting theory and practice.
As part of the study programme, you will have an opportunity to do your teaching practice at three different schools. Your experience will be analysed in reflective seminars and other related courses. In the master’s study programme, didactics of English language teaching has become a priority together with the effort to establish links between didactics and linguistic, cultural, and literary disciplines.
Good English teachers are needed almost everywhere. Travel the world while teaching people the topic you love. Even during the studies, you will be encouraged to spend a semester abroad.
Graduate profile: Fully qualified teacher
The study with us will help you acquire the necessary competences of a teacher of English at a lower secondary school or at language schools. Besides, you can work in institutions which run afternoon clubs and anywhere where excellent knowledge of English is required (e.g. in civil service).
Admission
Applicants need to submit a legalised copy of a bachelor’s degree certificate, Curriculum Vitae, summary of education, relevant work experience, skills, etc., statement of purpose, document outlining your personal and professional motivation for applying for studies in a given degree programme, recommendation letter and you may be required to provide references from a teacher or thesis supervisor.
Applicants must also demonstrate their English-language skills at the C1 level of the Common European Framework of Reference for Language by submitting a certificate proving their English skills.
And don’t worry, you don’t need to come to Brno for your admission procedure. The Czech Republic will be waiting for you to start your new adventure after admission.
For more information about Lower Secondary School English Language Teacher Training at Masaryk University, click the link below.
