Master of Applied Linguistics

Massey University

The Master of Applied Linguistics provides professionals in all language-related areas of expertise including language teaching and TESOL with a combination of practical and research skills which is increasingly important in both domestic and international settings. Get real-world skills Youll use theories, methods and problem-based approaches that address real-life language issues in our globalised, and digitally mediated world. Draw on Masseys research strengths Masseys research strengths include heritage language learning mother tongue maintenance online second-language communities distanceonline language learning sociocultural adjustment of international students and their teachers to their presence in New Zealand universities language learning and emotion bimultilingualism oral proficiency teaching and assessment language education policy. Research opportunities In the Master of Applied Linguistics youll complete a research report 60 credits or thesis 120 credits. Recent areas of student research include investigating needs of non-income-earning students in community English classes the development of teacher identity among student teachers in Thailand navigating cultural conflict and dissonance in the immigrant ESL classroom the role of motivational beliefs in self-regulated learning for Kanji acquisition vocational tertiary students imagined experiences of learning English with native speakers in an Indonesian rural setting perceptions of Bhutanese students, parents and teachers of their learning progress in a New Zealand secondary school a case study of heritage language transmission in a Catalan-speaking migrant family to New Zealand .

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