English with TESOL

English with TESOL combines the academic study of the English language and its literature with professional training in teaching English to speakers of other languages. TESOL, which stands for Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages, is a global profession that equips you to teach English in the UK and internationally, across a huge range of contexts from primary schools and adult community classes to English language schools, higher education, and corporate training. English linguistics and literature enriches that professional foundation, developing your analytical understanding of how the language works and has evolved alongside your practical teaching skills.

At the University of Bedfordshire, this four-year full-time programme with an integrated foundation year provides you with the professional knowledge, specialist understanding, and practical skills needed to teach English as a second or foreign language. The foundation year builds the academic preparation needed before you enter the main degree. You will develop proficiency in linguistic analysis, an understanding of second language acquisition, and the pedagogical skills and classroom competences that TESOL demands.

The programme also prepares L2 materials developers, TESOL practitioners, and language teaching researchers, and it provides a flexible qualification that supports working and travelling abroad. The typical entry tariff of 120 points reflects the accessible character of the programme.

You will develop both as a language professional and as a practitioner, with the research skills, critical understanding of language, and teaching confidence that the combined degree builds.

Graduates pursue careers as English language teachers in schools, language academies, and universities in the UK and abroad, as materials developers, as language programme managers, and in a range of education and training roles. Postgraduate study in TESOL, applied linguistics, or English literature is a natural continuation.