English language teaching

Discover English language teaching degrees

Aspire for a global career? Teaching English as a Foreign Language (TEFL) is the perfect way to start your adventure!

Our courses are ideal if you want to teach English to non-native speakers. You gain an in-depth understanding of the English language coupled with the teaching skills you need. It's not just teaching, the knowledge and skills you develop prepare you for a range of possible careers in the media, administration, business and education; in fact, any job where the ability to apply critical thinking to problems, conduct independent research and communicate the results is required.

Explore postgraduate English language teaching degrees

Our courses will provide you with a deep understanding of the structure and uses of this century's global language and the ability to teach it to non-native speakers. As well as opportunities to teach around the world, this course provides knowledge and skills which can prepare you for a wide range of careers.

Find English language teaching research degrees

At Essex, we can offer you a supervised research route providing you have a solid knowledge of existing research in the field and a good understanding of research methods. 

We offer this course through two routes

• PhD English Language Teaching (3 years)
• PhD English Language Teaching (4 years)

Many of our former PhD students work in higher education institutions around the world, as teachers and/or as academic researchers, but also in teacher education.