To prepare well-rounded qualified graduates to work as teachers in the educational field in Omani education by equipping them with educational and professional competencies and research skills that can enable them to deal with the new emerging trends in curricula and embark in their postgraduate studies in their disciplinary fields.
Teaching language: English
After completing the program, a graduate will:
- Are advanced users of the English language in its spoken and written forms in a variety of settings and to different degrees of formality.
- Have the necessary knowledge and skills set in English linguistics, literature, and translation to play a key role in education as English language experts.
- Are critical, creative, and collaborative thinkers and problem solvers.
- Are critical, creative, and collaborative thinkers and problem solvers.
- Have a comprehensive grounding in teaching and learning, especially in teaching English as a foreign or additional language.
- Are aware of the Omani school system and familiar with its English curriculum and the corresponding processes and responsibilities.
- Are reflective and research-based practitioners of English language teaching.
- Are familiar with research methodologies and skills to both use and produce new knowledge, approaches, in-depth studies, and good practices relevant to their specialization.
- Are academically and attitudinally ready to pursue further/postgraduate studies nationally, regionally, or internationally.
As per as the UTAS admission requirements.