Program of Study
Teaching English as a Foreign Language (TEFL)

A joint program of the Department of English Language and Literature and the Department of Teaching and Teacher Education Aim of the program

1) To provide advanced training in the psychological, pedagogical, philosophical, and linguistic theories related to language teaching and learning, as well as in modern research tools of the discipline.

2) To foster leadership in the research and practice of Teaching English as a Foreign Language.

Structure of the program
Students may select the Track A program, which requires 36 semester hours of course work and a thesis, or the Track B program, which requires 44 semester hours of course work and a comprehensive examination.

For Track A, students must complete 4 or 5 courses in the English Department and 4 or 5 courses in the Teacher Education Department. 2 of the courses must be seminar courses requiring research papers.

For Track B, students must complete 5 or 6 courses in the English Department and 5 or 6 courses in the Teacher Education Department. 3 of these must be seminar courses requiring research papers.

The Track A program should be completed in 3 years , and the Track B- in 2 years.

Entrance requirements

1) BA in English, minimum grade average 80, and BA in Teacher Education or a Teaching Certificate, minimum grade average 80.

2) Students will be allowed to apply for the program in the following cases:

a) A grade average of 76-79 in English with at least 3 years of teaching experience in a high school.
b) A Teaching License instead of a Teaching Certificate with at least 5 years of teaching experience in a high school.

3) Applicants who did not take a BA course in statistics will be required to do so.

4) Applicants who have a B.Ed. must present documents that show the weighted grade average of their degree, and will be required to take make-up courses, according to the decision of our MA committee.

5) The MA Program Committee may require candidates to pass an entrance examination, and take make-up courses.

6) Applicants who have a BA from an academic institution whose language of teaching is not Hebrew will be accepted on the condition that they pass a test in Hebrew, according to the requirements of the University.

For information please contact:
The Department of English Language and Literature
Tel: 04-8249840
E-mail: english@research.haifa.ac.il