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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
Q&A
Thank you!