The Postgraduate Diploma in Applied Linguistics provides professionals in all areas of second-language teaching, including Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL), with a qualification that meets their specific combination of professional and research needs. This combination is increasingly important in both domestic and international settings.

Get real-world skills

You’ll use theories, methods and problem-based approaches that address real-world language issues. The Postgraduate Diploma in Applied Linguistics focuses on second-language acquisition, teaching and language use in an increasingly globalised and digitally mediated world.

Explore areas such as contextually relevant teaching of languages, reflective practices to enhance teaching and learning, and the sociocultural demands of language learning and teaching.

Learn from the experts

You’ll be taught by distinguished educators who have researched in areas such as:

• Online second-language communities
• Distance/online language learning
• Sociocultural adjustment of international students and their teachers to their presence in New Zealand universities
• Language learning and emotion
• Bi/multilingualism
• Oral proficiency
• Heritage language learning
• Mother tongue maintenance

• a completed Bachelor’s degree AND
• at least one full-time year of relevant teaching experience (or equivalent)