Foreign Language Didactics (English)

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Program Overview

Field: Literature and Foreign Languages

Program: English Language

Specialization: Foreign Language Didactics

This academic Master's program includes approximately 500 hours of coursework, workshops, and lectures. It offers in-depth training in the field of English as a Foreign Language (EFL) didactics. The program aims to develop the following competencies in students:

  • The ability to analyze the anthropological, sociolinguistic, and cultural dimensions of teaching contexts.
  • A methodological understanding of language didactics, with a particular focus on the teaching of English as a foreign language.
  • A range of practical teaching skills, including classroom management and the development of specific didactic tools and learning materials.

This Master's program is open to students holding a Bachelor's degree with a focus on:

  • English Language.
  • Admission for candidates from other fields of study is subject to review by the academic committee of the department.


Teaching Language : English

Curriculum Highlights

Core Courses

Semester 1

Core Courses (UE Fondamentale):

  • Foreign Language Teaching and Learning
  • Didactics of Oral Language
  • Educational Psychology
  • Didactics of Writing

Methodology (UE Méthodologie):

  • Research Methodology
  • Academic Oral Communication

Exploratory Courses (UE Découverte):

  • Literature and Society
  • Sociolinguistics

Cross-disciplinary Courses (UE Transversale):

  • National Language / Foreign Language

Semester 2

Core Courses (UE Fondamentale):

  • Teaching English as a Foreign Language (TEFL)
  • Didactics of Literary Texts
  • Grammar Teaching
  • Educational Psychology II

Methodology (UE Méthodologie):

  • Methodology
  • Academic Oral Communication

Exploratory Courses (UE Découverte):

  • Culture and Interculturality
  • Psycholinguistics

Cross-disciplinary Courses (UE Transversale):

  • ICT (Information and Communication Technologies)

Semester 3

Core Courses (UE Fondamentale):

  • Curriculum and Syllabus Design
  • English for Specific Purposes (ESP)
  • Evaluation in Teaching and Learning

Methodology (UE Méthodologie):

  • Writing Techniques
  • Methodology of EFL Research

Exploratory Courses (UE Découverte):

  • Neurosciences
  • Contemporary Popular Literature

Cross-disciplinary Courses (UE Transversale):

  • Ethics and Professional Deontology

Semester 4

  • Master’s Thesis (Mémoire)


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