MA/Diploma/Certificate Teaching Chinese as a Foreign Language (TCFL)

Josephine Soei, Student in the Department of East Asian Studies

Key facts

School of East Asian Studies, Faculty of Social Sciences
1 year full-time

Fees and funding

Financial information for postgraduate taught courses

Entry requirements

You'll need a good first degree in any subject plus a high level of competence in English and Chinese.

English language requirements: overall IELTS 6.5 with 5.5 in Reading, 6.5 in Writing, 5.5 in Listening and 5.5 in Speaking, or equivalent.

Chinese language requirement: If Chinese is not your first language, you need a high 2:1 in Chinese Studies (ideally with four years of intensive language study including a year abroad), HSK level 5 (Hanban format) or level 8 (BLCU format), or equivalent.

Entry requirements for international students

Any questions?

If you'd like to know more about any aspect of our courses, contact us:

E: k.gallagher@sheffield.ac.uk
T: +44 (0)114 222 8423

About the course

We can teach you the practical skills you need: how to plan your lessons, select teaching materials and manage a classroom. We also teach the theory. You'll learn about different methodologies, Chinese linguistics and the science of how people acquire a second language.

Modules

Classroom Observation in TCFL
Teaching Practice in TCFL
Understanding Chinese Language From the Perspective of Universal Grammar
Second Language Acquisition in TCFL
Introduction to Linguistics
Using Corpora for Language Research
Linguistic Theory and Language Processing
Practical Chinese Translation

Teaching

Small groups
Lectures

Assessment

Essays
Examinations
Presentations
Dissertation

Options

You can study a shorter programme on our courses for a Postgraduate Certificate (4 months, 60 credits) or Postgraduate Diploma (9 months, 120 credits). You'll need 180 credits to achieve a masters degree, getting 60 credits from your extended project.

Your Career

Our graduates hold influential positions in business, government, the arts and academia. Some of them are journalists, television producers, interpreters and translators. Others are city brokers and analysts. They work for organisations such as the BBC World Service, BNP Paribas, British Council, British Museum, Deloitte, HarperCollins, Jaguar Land Rover, Lloyds Banking Group, Nintendo, Siemens, Sony, Toyota and the World Food Programme

Our Expertise

We are one of Europe's leading centres for the study of China, Japan and Korea. We have links with partner universities in East Asia that support our dynamic research culture. Our academics bring theories, methods and findings from their research to their teaching.

All four of our interdisciplinary research clusters inform what we teach. They are: Social Change and Transition in East Asia; Regionalisation and Globalisation; East Asian Identities and Cultures; Business, Political Economy and Development.

We collaborate with the University of Leeds, through the White Rose East Asia Centre, to deliver world-class research and research training in Japanese and Chinese studies. The Sheffield Confucius Institute, which is supported by the Chinese government, explores Chinese language and culture.

Specialist resources

Our postgrads have their own study space and IT facilities at the Sir Sze-yuen Chung Resource Centre. The University’s libraries have an extensive selection of texts and online resources in Chinese, Japanese and Korean.

Apply now

You can apply for postgraduate study using our Postgraduate Online Application Form. It is a quick and easy process.

Postgraduate Online Application Form