Nature of language; prescriptive vs. descriptive, diachronic vs. synchronic, and formal vs. social functional approaches to the study of the English language; historical development of English; critical analysis of English in different contexts

Key issues in applied English language studies; critical evaluation of contemporary research; a literature review, and critique of research studies relevant to areas of interest

Differences between first and second language acquisition; naturalistic and instructed second language acquisition; theories of second language acquisition; factors affecting second language acquisition and their implications; practices and strategies in second language acquisition

Research principles and designs; quantitative, qualitative and mixed methods research; research process and ethics; developing research proposals

Key reading, writing, listening and speaking skills for teaching practices; English for classroom management

Theories and methods of communicative language assessment; comparison and evaluation; development of language tests and means of alternative assessment

Principles of communicative curriculum and materials development; course structure and content; needs assessment; learning goals and activities; feedback and assessment procedures; evaluation, adaptation and design of materials appropriate for teaching and learning contexts

Approaches to communicative language pedagogy; exposure to real life examples of language teaching and assessment; methods and techniques for skill focused teaching; implementation of a sample teaching and assessment plan; micro teaching; reflective teaching

Teacher development via coaching; supporting English language teachers within their own classrooms; reflection on the application of newly acquired, skill focused teaching methods under guidance of an expert and/or an instructor

Key reading, writing, listening and speaking skills for workplace communication

Key theories in translation studies; analysis of translation problems and comparison of possible solutions; critical reflection on the nature of culture, cultural difference and their implications for translation practice

Variation of English as a global language; different theoretical and practical points of view on the globalization of English; implications on English in education and professional practice

Theories of technology enhanced language learning (TELL) and implications; current trends in TELL; digital literacies for language teaching and learning; use of digital technology for professional development and research

Corpus linguistics and corpus analysis; concepts and skills for corpus linguistic investigations; applications of corpus linguistics across different professional contexts

Different theoretical frameworks for the analysis of organizational and workplace communication; critical reflection on the relationship between language and power

Practice of four skills in English for academic purposes (listening, speaking, reading and writing) according to CEFR level B2

Reading and writing for academic purposes; citing sources; avoiding plagiarism; summarizing; paraphrasing; direct quotations; creating references

Writing research papers for conferences and publications; giving oral research presentations