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Master of Arts in English for Specific Purposes
專用英語文學碩士
Award Title:
Master of Arts in English for Specific Purposes
專用英語文學碩士
(Combined Mode, non-UGC Funded)
Part I Normal Study Period:
- 1 year (full-time)
- 2 years (part-time/combined mode) Maximum Study Period:
- 2.5 years (full-time)
- 5 years (part-time/combined mode) Number of Credit Units Required for the Award: 30 Programme Aims
The programme aims to provide a theoretical framework for analysing issues and practices in English for specific purposes and professional communication and to develop an understanding of language variation in professional contexts. It also aims to provide students with the ability to design and manage English for specific purposes and professional communication programmes. Programme Intended Learning Outcomes (PILOs)
Upon successful completion of this Programme, students should be able to: - Identify and analyze the role of languages in diverse sociocultural contexts and a multilingual society and the implications for language education.
- Apply language teaching skills in the light of current language learning, discourse, and pedagogical theories.
- Identify language variation in professional contexts.
- Analyze theoretical issues and practices in English for Specific Purposes and Teaching English as a Second Language.
- Conduct research and specialise in specific areas related to English studies.
- Examine critically language testing procedures and construct valid and reliable tests.
Part II Programme of Study 1. Programme Core
(9 credits: 2009 and earlier cohorts)
(18 credits: 2010 and subsequent cohorts)
Course Code | Course Title | Credit Units | | For 2009 and earlier cohorts: | EN5911 | Contexts and Issues in ESP | 3 | EN5912 | Discourse Variation in Professional Communities I | 3 | EN6921 | Discourse Variation in Professional Communities II | 3 | | For 2010 and subsequent cohorts: | EN5315 | Genre Analysis of Specialized Discourse | 3 | EN5316 | Issues in ESP | 3 | EN6471 | Research Methods in Language Studies | 3 | EN6941 | Dissertation | 6 | EN6952 | Instructional Strategies in ESP | 3 |
2. Programme Electives
(21 credits: 2009 and earlier cohorts)
(12 credits: 2010 and subsequent cohorts) Course Code | Course Title | Credit Units | | For 2009 and earlier cohorts: | EN5462 | Grammar and Discourse in Language Teaching | 3 | | EN6471 | Research Methods in Language Studies | 3 | EN6930 | Independent Study | 6 | | EN6931 | Research Methods in ESP | 3 | EN6941 | Dissertation | 6 | EN6951 | Acquisition of Specialist Discourse | 3 | EN6952 | Instructional Strategies in ESP | 3 | EN6953 | Corpus Development in ESP | 3 | EN6954 | Workplace Communication | 3 | EN6955 | New Technologies in ESP | 3 | EN6957 | Programme Management and Evaluation in ESP | 3 | EN6959 | Curriculum Design in ESP | 3 | | EN6960 | Visual Communication | 3 | | For 2010 and subsequent cohorts: | | EN5317 | Multimodal and Mediated Discourse Analysis | 3 | | EN6494 | New Literacies and Popular Culture | 3 | | EN6495 | Special Topics in English Studies | 3 | | EN6505 | Curriculum Design in Language Studies | 3 | | EN6506 | Corpus Approaches to Language Studies | 3 | | For all cohorts: | | EN5461 | Language in Its Social Context | 3 | | EN5464 | English Phonetics and Phonology | 3 | | EN5465 | Second Language Acquisition | 3 | | EN5466 | Testing and Evaluation in Language Studies | 3 | | EN5490 | Grammar and Lexis | 3 | | EN5491 | Discourse Analysis | 3 | | EN6482 | New Technologies in Language Teaching | 3 | | EN6483 | Literature and Language Teaching | 3 | | EN6496 | Critical Discourse Analysis | 3 | | EN6958 | Persuasive Communication | 3 |
3. Additional Notes
The following table applies only to the 2009 and earlier cohorts. | Intermediate Awards | Required Courses | Total Credits | Postgraduate Certificate in English for Specific Purposes
專用英語深造證書 | EN5911, EN5912 and EN6921 (plus courses chosen from the elective list) | 15 | Postgraduate Diploma in English for Specific Purposes
專用英語深造文憑 | EN5911, EN5912 and EN6921 (plus courses chosen from the elective list) | 24 |
The following table applies only to the 2010 and subsequent cohorts.
Intermediate Awards | Required Courses | Total Credits | Postgraduate Certificate in English for Specific Purposes
專用英語深造證書 | EN5315, EN5316 and EN6952 (plus courses chosen from the elective list) | 15 | Postgraduate Diploma in English for Specific Purposes
專用英語深造文憑 | EN5315, EN5316 and EN6952 (plus courses chosen from the elective list) | 24 |
The following section applies only to the 2009 and earlier cohorts.
*Students may take other postgraduate courses from Department of English recommended by the Programme Committee. Students who choose to take the MAESP with an added concentration need to take a minimum of 12 credits from the corresponding list of electives shown below: Concentration | Electives | | Master of Arts in English for Specific Purposes (English Language Teaching) | EN5462, EN6471, EN6931, EN6951, EN6952, EN6953, EN6955, EN6959, EN5461, EN5464, EN5465, EN5466, EN5490, EN5491, EN6482, EN6483, and any other MATESL course recommended by the programme committee | | Master of Arts in English for Specific Purposes (Professional Communication) | EN5462, EN6471, EN6931, EN6951, EN6954, EN6957, EN6958, EN6960, EN5491, EN6496 |
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