About this course

Bishop Grosseteste University is the ideal place to combine your interests in language, teaching, and the study of English whilst developing practical skills and gaining professional experience to enhance your employability during and after you graduate. Our students progress to careers as teachers of English and other languages, in education support roles, further study, PGCEs for primary and secondary teacher training...and more. They work in private and mainstream schools and colleges, for local government departments, and they find employment in international education sectors, among many others.

So, are you drawn to topics involving language - how language is structured, how language develops in children, the study of language disorders, language and society, language use in media or politics or advertising, and how people learn a foreign language? If so, here on the BA in English Language and Teaching programme you will study modules that develop your knowledge of these topics, but you will also get hands on: you will learn the practical skills for lesson planning, producing teaching and learning materials, understanding tests for language learners or for analysing language disorders, and you will get to teach learners of English in the classroom and online, giving you the confidence to teach English or the other languages you know.

The TESOL team, who run the BA in English Language Teaching programme and our extremely successful MA in Education with TESOL, have well-established partnerships with local schools, colleges, and English language providers here in Lincoln and in international universities, which gives you with the opportunity to observe experienced teachers as part of your training. Our lecturers and qualified language teaching staff will support you closely to develop your confidence to plan and deliver lessons yourself.

Some Language Learning facts:

English is spoken by around 1.5-2 billion people globally and there are more people learning English as a second language than speak it as a first language

English will continue to be the world's most widely spoken language over the next decade

There is a massive demand globally for English language skills and language teachers are at the heart of this, despite increased automation and AI

Lincolnshire, like all areas of the UK, have increasing numbers of EAL (English as an Additional Language) students in primary and secondary schools who need specialist support to develop their English whilst maintaining their first languages in order to have the best chances of thriving in school and beyond

Teachers who have English as their first language ('native speakers') have been favoured in employment, but there is a growing awareness and demand for teachers who have learned English as a second/further language ('non-native speakers')

The UK is lacking the necessary langauge skills - beyond English - for the future and needs language teachers, strategies, and policies to develop our multilingual competence for future prosperity

By studying the BA in English Language and Teaching at BGU Lincoln, you are expanding your opportunities to apply your interest in language in a range of employment settings, or for further research - and make a difference.