Master in English Didactics

General characterization

Degree pre-requisites

Length: 2 years/3 semesters. Total credits: 90 credits (60 in course units of the study programme + 30 in the non-taught component). Types of non-taught component: Dissertation or Project Work. Number of credits from free-elective optionals: 10 credits (the student can obtain 10 credits from elective options in course units taught at post-graduate level at FCSH/NOVA, UNL, or at any other national or foreign higher education institution through an agreement).

Master in English Didactics is taught in association between
NOVA School of Social Sciences and Humanities and Universidade Aberta (UAb).

Competencies:
- Acquire and develop advanced skills to apply analysis of the English language to the planning and management of teaching and learning activities;
- Develop conceptual and analytical reflection skills in relation to the theory, research and topics currently under discussion in EFL teaching;
- Acquire the knowledge, understanding and skills to apply methodologies and ICT tools to EFL teaching and learning activities;
- Acquire skills for designing and carrying out project and research work in EFL teaching and learning situations;
- Acquire the skills necessary to communicate clearly the objectives, resources, procedures and results of research work.

Conditions of admittance

Application and access conditions to the cycle of studies reflect the conditions established in the national legislation, namely: - to hold a licenciado degree or legal equivalent; - to hold a foreign academic degree recognized by the Scientific Council of NOVA FCSH; -to hold an academic, scientific or professional curriculum vitae recognized by the Scientific Council of NOVA FCSH. Applicants will be selected and ranked according to the criteria annually defined in the application edict.

Evaluation rules

A final grade, expressed as a number between 10 and 20 on a scale of 0 to 20 as well as its equivalent on the ECTS grading scale, is awarded for the post-graduate diploma. The final grade of the post-graduate diploma is the average, by credit, of the grades obtained in the course units in which the student obtained the 60 credits from the taught part of the Masters course. A final grade, expressed as a number between 10 and 20 on a scale of 0 to 20 as well as its equivalent on the ECTS grading scale, is awarded for the Masters degree. The final grade of the Masters degree will be the average of the final grade of the taught part of the course, weighted to 40%, and the grade awarded to the dissertation or project work, weighted to 60%.

Structure