CRICOS code (International applicants): 021018E
This program is offered only to continuing students. No new admissions will be accepted. Students who are interested in this study area should consider the Master of Education (Commonwealth Supported Place (CSP)) or Master of Education (Full Fee Paying (FFP)) .
On-campus*# | Online | |
Start: | No new admissions | No new admissions |
Campus: | Toowoomba | - |
Fees: | Domestic full fee paying place International full fee paying place | Domestic full fee paying place International full fee paying place |
Standard duration: | 1 year full-time, 5 years part-time on-campus, up to five years part-time online education, up to five years part-time online education | |
Program articulation: |
Notes
From 2013, the Commonwealth Government will only support students
in Masters programs who are studying one of the following three specialisations:
Special Education TESOL Early Childhood. The Commonwealth Government
will no longer provide any support for students who will be enrolled
in Post Graduate Certificate programs. Those students who enrolled
prior to 2013 with a Commonwealth Government Supported Place will
be permitted to teach out their current program with Commonwealth
Government Support.
This program does not qualify students for teacher registration
with relevant teaching authorities. To qualify for teacher registration
in Queensland please refer to the Graduate Diploma of Learning and Teaching
.
On successful completion of the Master of Applied Linguistics
, students may be eligible for entry into the Doctor of Education, provided necessary entry requirements
are met.
Footnotes | |
* | All modes of study are supported with the USQ 精东传媒appDesk. It is possible to complete the program via a combination of delivery modes. |
# | Should enrolments not reach the minimum number required for on-campus study, students may be transferred to the Online offering and advised of this change before semester commences. |
Contact us
Current students |
Freecall (within Australia): 1800 007 252 Phone (from outside Australia): +61 7 4631 2285 Email usq.support@usq.edu.au |
Program objectives
On successful completion of the Master of Applied Linguistics, graduates should be able to:
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critically reflect on language related issues and analyse their implications
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integrate knowledge and assess outcomes as a strategic facilitator in second language contexts
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expand communication management and multi-literacy skills assisted by technology in relevant discourse communities
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demonstrate enhanced competence in academic and scholarly writing
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use analytical skills in a specialised field of Applied Linguistics.
Admission requirements
To be eligible for admission, applicants must satisfy the following requirements:
Applicants must have completed a bachelor degree or equivalent from a recognised institution.
All students are required to satisfy the applicable .
If students do not meet the English language requirements they may apply to study a 精东传媒app-approved . On successful completion of the English language program, students may be admitted to an award program.
Program fees
Domestic full fee paying place
Domestic full fee paying places are funded entirely through the full fees paid by the student. Full fees vary depending on the courses that are taken. Students are able to calculate the fees for a particular course via the
Domestic full fee paying students may be eligible to defer their fees through a Government loan called provided they meet the residency and citizenship requirements.
Australian citizens, Permanent Humanitarian Visa holders, Permanent Resident visa holders and New Zealand citizens who will be resident outside Australia for the duration of their program pay full tuition fees and are not eligible for .
International full fee paying place
International students pay full fees. Full fees vary depending on the courses that are taken and whether they are studied on-campus, via distance education/online. Students are able to calculate the fees for a particular course via the .
Program structure
The Master of Applied Linguistics is an 8-unit program. A minimum of 50% of the program (4 units) must comprise courses at level 8. The program is offered in two strands: Community and Teaching. Both strands have a research pathway. The teaching strand also has a wholly coursework pathway.
The Community strand embeds a research pathway and coursework, as shown in the following Table.
Required Applied Linguistics courses | LIN5000 , EDR8005, LIN8015 | 3 units |
Required Research courses: | EDR8000 , EDR8061 | 3 units |
Optional Research courses: | EDR8060 or EDR8001 | 1 unit |
Optional postgraduate discipline course | See note 1 | 1 unit |
Note 1 Discipline courses may be drawn from the Master of Education (8 units) or from other . Contact the Faculty of Business, Education, Law and Arts to confirm suitability.
TheTeaching Strand embeds a research or coursework pathway, as shown in the following Table.
Research | Coursework | |||
Required Applied Linguistics courses | LIN5000 , LIN8001, LIN8002 | 3 units | LIN5000 , LIN8001, LIN8002 | 3 units |
Applied Linguistics discipline courses | LIN8003 , EDR8005, LIN8006, LIN8007, LIN8019 | 2 units | LIN8003 , EDR8005, LIN8006, LIN8007, LIN8019 | 4 units |
Required Research courses | EDR8061 , EDR8000 or EDU5713 | 3 units | ||
Optional postgraduate discipline course | See note 1 | 1 unit |
Note 1 Discipline courses may be drawn from the Master of Education (8 units) or from other . Contact the Faculty of Business, Education, Law and Arts to confirm suitability.
In some countries, completion of a research stream is a requirement for recognition of the Master's qualification. Those students in particular from Canada and the Middle East, or those intending to live and work there, should check registration requirements with the relevant authority in-country around the half-way point of the Master's program. This will allow time for students to complete their program via the research pathway if the need to do so is indicated.
Program completion requirements
Students are required to follow the recommended enrolment pattern to graduate with a Master of Applied Linguistics. Those who deviate from the recommended enrolment pattern are invited to transfer to the Master of Education (TESOL), a program with a less highly structured enrolment pattern containing all Applied Linguistics courses, or the Master of Learning and Development, a program that accommodates non-education courses.
Electives/Approved courses
Discipline courses will be selected from
Education | Other Disciplines * |
Select from the MED1 Master of Education (8 units) | Select courses from other |
Give priority to courses from the TESOL major: | |
EDR8005 Discourse Analysis | |
LIN8001 Principles of Second Language Learning | |
LIN8002 Methodology in Teaching a Second Language | |
LIN8003 Language Program Management | |
LIN8006 Technology-Enhanced Language Teaching | |
LIN8007 | |
LIN8015 | |
LIN8019 Teaching Languages to Young Learners |
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Note: Minimum enrolment numbers apply to all courses. Should enrolments not meet the minimum number required, students may be transferred to a different mode or offering and advised of this change prior to semester start.
* | Contact the Faculty of Business, Education, Law and Arts to confirm suitability. |
IT requirements
Students must have reliable and ready access to email and the Internet. See for more information.
Articulation
The Master of Applied Linguistics program articulates from the Postgraduate Certificate in Applied Linguistics (PGAL).
The Community Strand embeds the PGAL Community Strand. Articulating PGAL students will study 3 Required Research Courses and one of the Optional Research courses.
The Teaching Strand embeds the PGAL Teaching Strand. Articulating PGAL students will study 3 Required Research Courses and one discipline course to complete their MAPL research pathway or 3-4 Applied Linguistics elective courses and optionally one postgraduate discipline course to complete their MAPL coursework pathway.
Exit points
The Postgraduate Certificate in Applied Linguisicts (PGAL) and the Postgraduate Certificate in Learning and Development (PGLD) are optional exit points from the Masters with four relevant courses completed.
Credit
The maximum credit granted will be no more than half of the program units (four units). Within this limit, credit will be granted for relevant studies successfully completed at postgraduate level in the last five years and may be considered for studies successfully completed in the last 10 years. Students who have completed the Postgraduate Certificate programs listed in the Articulation section above, will receive full credit if they study the same specialisation in this program. Students intending to apply for credit should follow the . Within the framework of those regulations, the following points should be given particular consideration:
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Transfer of credit from other incomplete USQ award programs may be permitted where there is similar or appropriate content.
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Normally an accredited Certificate in TESOL (e.g. the Cambridge Certificate in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages - CELTA) attracts 1 unit of credit and a Diploma in TESOL 2 units of credit.
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completed and assessed professional development modules based on PGAL course materials will attract credit into the program.
Students should seek advice from the Faculty of Business, Education, Law and Arts before applying for credit.
Students who have completed LIN5000 The Nature of Language or LIN8001 Principles of Second Language Learning or LIN8002 Methodology in Teaching a Second Language as part of an undergraduate program in the past 5 years are exempt from repeating the course but must complete Applied Linguistics discipline courses to gain 8-units for the award.
Other information
Assessment of the courses will involve one or more of the following components: written assignments, take-home examinations, reflective journal keeping, seminar presentation (where appropriate), report writing, development of work courses, questionnaires, marking schemes, etc. as appropriate to each course.
Enrolment
Students may commence this Program in semesters one, two or three. External students may choose to study part-time or full-time, or a combination of both at different stages of their program. On-campus commencement is restricted to semesters one and two. International on-campus students must be enrolled full-time.
Recommended enrolment patterns
In this section:
Community strand - Recommended enrolment pattern
Students are able to enrol in any offered mode of a course (on-campus, external or online), regardless of the program mode of study they enrolled in.
Graduates will have a clear sense of strategic direction for identifying linguistic differences in communities and assisting in the management of this diversity.
It is recommended that
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the program of study commences with LIN5000 The Nature of Language
Course | Year of program and semester in which course is normally studied | Enrolment requirements | |||||
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On-campus (ONC) | External (EXT) | Online (ONL) | |||||
Year | Sem | Year | Sem | Year | Sem | ||
Required | |||||||
LIN5000 The Nature of Language | 1,2 | 1 | 1,2 | ||||
EDR8005 Discourse Analysis | 1 | 1,2 | |||||
LIN8015 | 2 | 2,3 | |||||
EDR8000 | 1,2,3 | 1,2,3 | |||||
EDR8061 Master of Education Project | 1,2 | 1,2,3 | Pre-requisite: EDR8801 and EDR8802 | ||||
Select a minimum of one unit | |||||||
EDR8060 | 1,2 | 1,2,3 | |||||
EDR8001 | 2 | 1,2,3 | |||||
Select a maximum of one discipline unit from the table of discipline courses |
Teaching strand - Recommended enrolment pattern
Students are able to enrol in any offered mode of a course (on-campus, external or online), regardless of the program mode of study they enrolled in.
Graduates will be competent in key areas for second language teaching in a range of contexts. This Strand enhances each student's capacity for open, critical reflective thinking about second language teaching practice by critically analysing relevant professional issues affecting current educational practices in the area of second language teaching and policy development.
It is recommended that
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the program of study commences with LIN5000 The Nature of Language
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LIN8001 Principles of Second Language Learning is studied prior to LIN8002 Methodology in Teaching a Second Language
Course | Year of program and semester in which course is normally studied | Enrolment requirements | |||||
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On-campus (ONC) | External (EXT) | Online (ONL) | |||||
Year | Sem | Year | Sem | Year | Sem | ||
Coursework pathway | |||||||
Required | |||||||
LIN5000 The Nature of Language | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1,2 | |||
LIN8001 Principles of Second Language Learning | 1 | 1,2 | 1 | ||||
LIN8002 Methodology in Teaching a Second Language | 1,2 | 1 | 2 | ||||
Select minimum of 4 courses | |||||||
LIN8003 Language Program Management | 2 | ||||||
EDR8005 Discourse Analysis | 1 | 1,2 | |||||
LIN8006 Technology-Enhanced Language Teaching | 1 | 1,2 | |||||
LIN8007 | 2 | 1,3 | |||||
LIN8015 | 2 | 2,3 | |||||
LIN8017 Bilingualism and Bilingual Education | 1 | 1 | |||||
Select a maximum of one discipline unit from the table of discipline Courses | |||||||
To best position yourself for later PhD studies, the Research pathway is recommended | |||||||
Research pathway | |||||||
Required | |||||||
LIN5000 The Nature of Language | 1 | 1,2 | 1 | 1,2 | |||
LIN8001 Principles of Second Language Learning | 1 | 1,2 | 1 | ||||
LIN8002 Methodology in Teaching a Second Language | 1,2 | 1 | 2 | ||||
Select minimum of two courses from | |||||||
LIN8003 Language Program Management | 2 | ||||||
EDR8005 Discourse Analysis | 1 | 1,2 | |||||
LIN8006 Technology-Enhanced Language Teaching | 1 | 1,2 | |||||
LIN8007 | 2 | 1,3 | |||||
LIN8015 | 2 | 2,3 | |||||
LIN8017 Bilingualism and Bilingual Education | 1 | 1 | |||||
Research course: | |||||||
EDR8000 | 1,2,3 | 1 | 1,2,3 | ||||
Required project work | |||||||
EDR8061 Master of Education Project | 1,2 | 1,2,3 | Pre-requisite: EDR8801 and EDR8802 |
Notes
On campus offers are contingent upon sufficient enrolments.
Subject to International Student visa requirements, alternative modes
of EXT or WEB may be substituted.