Description
Teacher Education in English is a four-year programme in an international setting and has been taught in the English language since 2015. Towards the end of your second year, you will spend ten weeks soaking up Culture and Speaking skills in an English-Speaking country. We want to inspire you to become a great English teacher and an inspiration to your students. Within two months of studying you will be in a school or college to start your work placement as part of your training. About 60% of your teachers are native English speakers. All this makes for a truly international programme, preparing you for an exciting career as a qualified English teacher.
Start a career teaching English as a second language in the lower years of Dutch secondary education, or in vocational or language schools. With a higher level qualification (Bachelor of Education, B.Ed), you can pursue a long-term career in education, and it can lead to senior positions in schools, such as head of department or director of studies.
Requirement
To enter the programme you of course need a good command of English, as well as the relevant secondary or tertiary education. Our programme selection check is a mandatory part of your enrolment.
The Admission Office needs a copy of your diploma and transcript for the official diploma evaluation. You have to pass an English language test and an interview may be part of your admission procedure.
The minimum admission requirements for entrance are:
A (senior) secondary school diploma
- International Baccalaureate or European Baccalaureate Diploma
- China: senior middle school diploma
- Germany: Abitur (Zeugnis der Allgemeine Hochschulreife) or Fachhochschulreife
- UK: 6 subjects with a minimum of 4 GCSEs/IGCSEs with A, B or C grade AND 2 A/AS levels
- France: Baccalaureate
- Switzerland: Maturitatszeugnis
- Italy: Diploma di Maturità
- USA: high school diploma with college preparatory programme
- General: a Matriculation Certificate
Structure
Our Teacher Education in English covers five disciplines:
- The English language: Literature, grammar, linguistics and the English-speaking world
- Methodology: acquiring a second language
- Research: practice-based research at a school
- Profession: pedagogics, child development, development psychology
- Internship/work placement
You will spend ten weeks abroad in an English-speaking country to immerse yourself in the language and culture, and to work on your fluency.
During the final phase, you teach (almost) completely independently. Half of your time is devoted to your work placement at a school, having regular teaching duties three days a week, combined with working on a research project for the school. The other half consists of optional subjects, study-work supervision, weekly meetings reflecting on classroom sessions and your experiences at the internship school, as well as preparing for your final assessment.