The Master of Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (MTESOL) is a one-year professional qualification aimed at producing skillful English language educators for a wide variety of educational settings in the 21st century, from early childhood through to tertiary level. With its future focus, this Master's programme will give students the skills, knowledge, and capabilities to be adaptable in the face of future English language developments, as well as technological and pedagogical advances. This programme is ideal for: New Zealand English language educators, or those who wish to specialise in English language education to emergent bilingual speakers of other languages in Aotearoa New Zealand graduates of Aotearoa New Zealand universities who may currently teach or plan to teach English in other countries teachers of English throughout the world who want or need to develop their language teaching. MTESOL students will engage with contemporary thinking on: language acquisition learning and teaching English linguistics Sub-topics include the learning of indigenous and heritage languages, technology-enhanced and technology-mediated learning, the structure and use of English (including the study of linguistic corpora), and the position of English in all its varieties in the world (including the study of language politics, and current debate about the status of English and the native speaker). The programme comprises 180 points made up of six courses (at 30 points each).

Students wishing to enrol in the MTESOL must have qualified for a bachelor's degree, or an equivalent degree (a B Grade Point Average in 300-level courses is normally expected). Relevant work experience will also be considered. English language requirements: IELTS Academic: an average score of 7.0 TOEFL iBT: total minimum score of 100 TOEFL PBT: with a minimum score of 600 Pearson Test of English (Academic): with an overall score of 65