MA IN TEFL PROGRAMMES IN CROATIA

NEVEN MATAS & MIRNA PIČULJAN

FACULTY OF HUMANITIES AND SOCIAL SCIENCES RIJEKA

UNIVERSITY OF RIJEKA

ABOUT USFinal year graduate students at the

Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences Rijeka

Double major: MA in TEFL & informatics education

OVERVIEW OF OUR PRESENTATION

General overview of Croatian universities and relevant faculties

General information about English language programmes

Detailed look at six MA in TEFL programmes

Q&A

UNIVERSITIES IN CROATIA Approx. 137000 students at public universities (school

year 2013/14)

7 public universities

4 faculties of humanities and social sciences / philosophy

5 English language departments

5 double major programmes (one of the majors being MA in TEFL)

1 single major MA in TEFL programme

MA in TEFL is referred to as „nastavnički smjer” (teacher education)

UNIVERSITIES THAT OFFER MA IN TEFL PROGRAMMES

University of Zagreb

Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences Zagreb (Filozofski fakultet u Zagrebu): 7364 students, academic 2013/14 year

Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek

Faculty of Philosophy Osijek (Filozofski fakultet u Osijeku): 1561 students

University of Rijeka

Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences Rijeka (Filozofski fakultet u Rijeci): 1495 students

University of Split

Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences Split

(Filozofski fakultet u Splitu): 1473 students

University of Zadar

English Department (Odjel za anglistiku)

LOCATION OF THE FACULTIES

Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences in

Rijeka

ENGLISH LANGUAGE PROGRAMMES - GENERAL

BA in English language and literature / anglistics: 3 years, 180 ECTS

MA programmes usually offered (2 years, 120 ECTS): TEFLLinguisticsTranslationCulture & literature

ENGLISH LANGUAGE PROGRAMMES - TEFLNation-wide it is mandatory to attain 60 out

of the required 120 ECTS in teaching competences (teacher education courses) across 2 years

Teaching competences are gained from both general psychology, pedagogy, didactics courses and applied linguistics & TEFL-related courses

MA in TEFL programmes include teaching practice in both elementary and high schools

MA IN TEFL AT UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB 1/3

2 years (120 ECTS)Single (10 students per year) and double

major (25 students per year)Admission criterion: finished BA in English

language and literature Head of the TEFL section: Assistant

Professor Renata Geld, PhD

MA IN TEFL AT UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB 2/3

Curriculum and content:  Core TEFL courses:

Glottodidactics (5 ECTS) – single major only Teaching English as a Foreign Language (5 ECTS) English Teaching Practicum I, II, III, IV (2 or 3 ECTS)

– III & IV only for single major students

Certification: diploma (mag. educ. philol. angl.)

MA IN TEFL AT UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB 3/3

Practicum: 15+ teaching activities across 2 semesters Single major: 15+ hours of observation Using a diary / portfolio Reflection on teaching experience Learning how to design teaching activities and

units Evaluation: teaching + portfolio

MA IN TEFL AT UNIVERSITY OF SPLIT 1/3

2 years (120 ECTS)Double major onlyAdmission criterion: finished BA in English

language and literature ELT methodology professor: professor

Sanja Čurković-Kalebić

MA IN TEFL AT UNIVERSITY OF SPLIT 2/3

Curriculum and content: Core TEFL courses:

Glottodidactics (5 ECTS) English Language Teaching Methodology (5 ECTS) English Teaching Practicum (5 ECTS, final

semester)

Certification: diploma (mag. educ. philol. angl.)

MA IN TEFL AT UNIVERSITY OF SPLIT 3/3

Practicum:25 observation hours20 teaching hours20 lesson / unit design hoursUsing a portfolioEvaluation: 80% of the final grade from

school teaching, 20% from the portfolio

MA IN TEFL AT UNIVERSITY OF OSIJEK 1/32 years (120 ECTS)Double major onlyAdmission criterion: finished BA in English

language and literature Glottodidactics professor & coordinator of

MA in TEFL programme: professor Višnja Pavičić Takač

MA IN TEFL AT UNIVERSITY OF OSIJEK 2/3

Curriculum and content: Core TEFL courses:

Glottodidactics (6 ECTS)English language teaching methodology (3

ECTS)Teaching practicum (5 ECTS)

Certification: diploma (mag. educ. philol. angl.)

MA IN TEFL AT UNIVERSITY OF OSIJEK 3/3

Practicum: 15 hours of practice before entering

schools 30 hours of portfolio and teaching analysis 8 hours of classroom observation 5 hours of peer observation 14 teaching hours 45 TA hours

MA IN TEFL AT UNIVERSITY OF ZADAR 1/3

2 years (120 ECTS)Double-major exclusivelyAdmission criterion: finished BA in English

language and literature (or similar, which requires taking differential exams)

MA IN TEFL AT UNIVERSITY OF ZADAR 2/3

Curriculum and content: Teacher education courses (60 ECTS) Core TEFL courses:

Principles of English as a Foreign Language (EFL) Teaching

English Language Teaching Methodology English Teaching Practicum I & II

Certification: diploma

(mag. educ. philol. angl.)

MA IN TEFL AT UNIVERSITY OF ZADAR 3/3

Practicum:15 hours / semester in schoolsPracticum I evaluation: 50% portfolio

(observation diary, observaton report, teaching materials), 50% teaching participation

Practicum II evaluation: 70% teaching, 10% portfolio (diary, materials, mentor’s evaluation), 20% class participation

MA IN TEFL AT UNIVERSITY OF RIJEKA (FFRI) 1/3

2 years (120 ECTS)Double-major exclusivelyAdmission: finished BA in English

language and literatureCertification: diploma (mag. educ. philol.

angl.)

MA IN TEFL AT UNIVERSITY OF RIJEKA (FFRI) 2/3

Curriculum and content: Teacher education courses (60 ECTS) :

General - education and psychology (core and elective)

English applied linguistics and TESOL (core and elective)

Core TEFL courses Introduction to ELT (4 ECTS)

ELT Methodology course (6 ECTS)

Pre-service training/Teaching practice at schools (4 ECTS)

Elective courses: Cultural aspects of ELT, Approaches and Methods to ELT,

Assessment, Teaching literature

MA IN TEFL AT UNIVERSITY OF RIJEKA (FFRI) 3/3

Practicum (4 ECTS): Teaching practice in both elementary & secondary

schools

6 + 6 hrs. classroom observation

3 + 3 hrs. teaching

5 + 5 hrs. microteaching

2 + 2 hrs. peer observation

10 + 10 hrs. teaching assistant activities

Final grade: 60% teaching (full lessons), 20% microteaching activities, 20% student portfolio (materials + EPOSTL)

LITERATURE & REFERENCES

Statistics: https://www.azvo.hr (Croatian Agency for Science and Higher Education)

Programme information:

FFRI: http://www.ffri.uniri.hr/en/

UNIZD: http://www.unizd.hr/Default.aspx?alias=www.unizd.hr/engleski&

FFZG: http://anglist.ffzg.unizg.hr/?lang=en

FFOS: http://web.ffos.hr/anglistika

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