Case Study

I had graduated with a BA in Finance and spent some time in Australia working in banking, before moving to South Korea to teach English. While in South Korea, I decided to pursue a career in TESOL, so the MA TESOL (DL) was a perfect match for my goals. The course at Sunderland had interesting subject matter, a great recruitment procedure and contact with the programme leader.

Distance learning can be an effective way of pursuing a degree. The best part of this course was connecting with other learners, getting high quality feedback and having the support of the lecturers. I particularly enjoyed the Corpus Linguistics module and have used components of it in my teaching ever since.

After graduating, I secured a position working at Universitat Oberrta de Cataluyna for some time, working as an eLearning consultant and English teacher. I then moved to Maastricht to work as an EAP lecturer at Maastricht University where I focused on eLearning. I spent six years there and completed a second masters degree in Digital technologies for Education (Languages), which enabled me to secure a position at TU Delft as a Learning Developer in Open, Blended and Online education.

I was very happy with the support I received from my lecturers and admin staff. This was essential and helped me along the way. The other learners were also helpful and we genuinely created a community where students felt comfortable sharing advice.”

Published 3 April 2020