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Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages

Unit of study table

This page was first published on 13 November 2025 and was last amended on 17 December 2025.
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Master of Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages

Students must complete 72 credit points, including:
(a) 24 credit points of core units of study; AND
(b) a minimum of 30 and a maximum of 36 credit points of selective units of study; AND
(c) a minimum of 6 and a maximum of 12 credit points of capstone units of study; AND
(d) optionally, a maximum of 12 credit points of elective units of study

Graduate Diploma in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages

Students must complete 48 credit points, including:
(a) 24 credit points of core units of study; and
(b) a minimum of 18 credit points of selective units of study; and
(c) optionally, a maximum of 6 credit points of elective units of study.

Graduate Certificate in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages

Students must complete 24 credit points, including:
(a) 12 credit points from the Master of Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages core units of study; AND
(b) 12 credit points of selective units of study.
Unit of study Credit points A: Assumed knowledge P: Prerequisites
C: Corequisites N: Prohibition

Core

EDPJ5002
Second Language Acquisition
6  
EDPJ5013
Methodology and Language Teaching
6  
EDPJ5016
Grammar and the Language Classroom
6  
EDPJ5020
Literacy and Language Teaching
6  

Selective

EDPG5001
Discourse and Language Teaching
6  
EDPJ5018
English for Specific Purposes
6  
EDPJ5021
Developments in English Lang Teaching
6  
EDPJ5022
Research Methods in Language Studies
6  
EDPJ5023
Teacher Professional Development for
EFL
6  
EDPJ5024
English in Academic Settings
6  
EDPJ5025
Bilingual Education
6  
EDPJ5026
Language Testing and Assessment
6  

Capstone units

EDPZ6720
Dissertation
12  
EDPZ6724
Dissertation Part 1
6  
EDPZ6725
Dissertation Part 2
6 P EDPZ6724
EDPZ6730
Special Project 1
6 P 24 credit points of units

Elective units

EDPA6107
Leadership for Learning
6  
EDPD5001
Students with Disability
6  
EDPE5002
Dynamics of Child/Adolescent
Development
6  
EDPU5002
Critical Issues in Education
6  
EDPU5003
Future Learning and Teaching
6  
LNGS7006
Cross-Cultural Communication
6  
LNGS7274
Media Discourse
6  
LNGS7275
World Englishes
6  
LNGS7505
Structure and Function of Language
6  

 

Date
Original publication
Post-publication amendment
17/12/2025 No Prerequisites (P) for EDPZ6725 Prerequisites (P) for EDPZ6725 added:
"P EDPZ6724"
17/12/2025 No Prerequisites (P) for EDPZ6730 Prerequisites (P) for EDPZ6730 added:
"P 24 credit points of units"
17/12/2025 EDPJ5021 title published as:
"Developments in English Language Teaching"
EDPJ5021 title amended to:
"Developments in English Lang Teaching"
17/12/2025 EDPZ6720 Dissertation published as 6 credit points. EDPZ6720 Dissertation corrected to 12 credit points.