Language teachers are in demand in Australia and around the world. With no previous teaching qualification or experience required, this course will prepare you for a rewarding career teaching language in Australia and overseas.
The Graduate Diploma in TESOL and Foreign Language Teaching (FLT) will further develop your knowledge of language as a system and expand your skills in language teaching and testing.
You will gain invaluable teaching practice with ongoing guidance from an experienced mentor in a second/foreign language teaching institution.
This flexible course can be studied either full-time in 1 year or part-time in 2 years and is designed to work for you.
Study the Graduate Diploma of TESOL and Foreign Language Teaching at UC and you will:
develop the skills required for the effective teaching and learning of English and other languages
gain professional practice in language teaching
gain a deeper understanding of language as a system
learn about the design of language testing and current assessment practices
build specialised knowledge and skills for professional practice in a range of educational settings
empower learners with your strong subject and pedagogical knowledge
establish and maintain ethical and respectful relationships with students, colleagues and parents
develop the strengths and linguistic needs of students from diverse cultural, religious and socio-economic backgrounds.
Career opportunities
A Graduate Diploma of TESOL and Foreign Language Teaching will prepare you for a career in a wide range of professional contexts in Australia and internationally, including teaching English to speakers of other languages, or foreign language teaching.
Graduates can work in such roles as:
teacher of English as a second language in Australia
teacher of a language other than English
adult educator
workplace-based TESOL instructor
community educator
teaching assistant
language specialist
interpreter
Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (CALD) specialist
community or refugee support officer
flexible learning developer
language coach/tutor
foreign aid worker
language teaching policy design and implementation
*Price shown is for indicative purposes, please check with institution
3 February 2025, 28 July 2025
University of Canberra
11 Kirinari Street,
BRUCE,
Australian Capital Territory,
2617, CANBERRA, Australia
Applicants must have an undergraduate degree or equivalent as approved by the University Admissions Committee. No teaching experience is required.
Academic IELTS of 6.5 or equivalent, with no band score below 6.0; TOEFL iBT: Overall score of 79 with: R: 13; L: 12; S: 18; W: 21; Pearson Test of Academic English: 58 with no skill score below 50; Cambridge English Scale: 176 with no sub-score below 169; Occupational English Test: No grade lower than 'C' in any of the sub-tests.
*There may be different IELTS requirements depending on your chosen course.
The University of Canberra has some of the highest graduate employment rates in Australia, combined with above average starting salaries.