Welcome to the MA TESOL and the Language Centre!
For information on arrival to Ireland, please see the UCD Global page here.
Most of your classes will take place in the Centre for English and Global Languages, which is on the first floor of the Daedalus building.
Click (opens in a new window)here to view a map of UCD Belfield campus. The building is open from 10am-6pm Monday to Thursday and from 10am-3pm on Fridays during term time (from 10am to 5pm Monday-Thursday, 10am to 3pm Friday outside of term).
Feel free to drop in anytime during those hours to chat to the team!
Students are welcome to use our Self-Access library space for study or research anytime. We have a wide range of teacher training books available. Please email the TESOL administrator with the book title whenever you wish to borrow a book.
The UCD Library also provide a large range of supports for students.
Our academic staff are actively engaged in wide ranging research, you can find out more and contact the TESOL team anytime here.
Learning materials and tasks associated with the course are published on Brightspace. You are expected to engage with Brightspace several times weekly.
Autumn Trimester:
Teaching Term: Monday, 11 September – Friday, 1 December 2023
Spring Trimester:
Teaching Term: Monday, 22 January – Friday, 8 March 2024
Study Period: Monday, 11 March – Sunday, 24 March
Teaching Term: Monday, 25 March – Friday, 26 April
Summer Trimester:
Monday, 20 May – Friday, 9 August
Thesis submission deadline: Friday 9 August 2024
Autumn trimester: Mondays 4-5:30pm
Mon. 2 October: Teacher development - Dr Angelos Bollas
Mon. 16 October: Being a DOS - Dermot McSharry
Mon. 6 November: Running LTOs: principles and practices - Peter Lahiff
Mon. 20 November: Teaching vocabulary - Dr Nora Condon
Spring trimester: Mondays 4-5:30pm
Mon. 29 January: Observation of teaching - Dr Angelos Bollas
Mon. 26 February: Language awareness in the classroom - Dr Colin Flynn
Mon. 25 March: Research with corpus Linguistics - Dr Sandrine Peraldi
Mon. 8 April: Teaching vocabulary - Dr Nora Condon
A campus as large as UCD can be overwhelming for some students, and it can often be difficult to find the right support for you. From health services to specific programme advisers, student welfare and support is at the heart of UCD. There are a number of support services available here.
You can also talk to your student advisor Niamh by contacting niamh.nestor@ucd.ie
The UCD Student Advisory Service is a point of contact, support and referral for all UCD students throughout their studies. They offer students time and space to explore issues of concern to them. The Student Advisers can assist students in finding pathways to deal with personal, social and emotional issues and can advise of appropriate UCD policies, procedures and services.