In the context of globalisation, international schools are experiencing growth in number and size. London alone is a home to 15 international schools offering places to over 20,000 pupils. Many students doing the MA TESOL Pre-Service are interested in pursuing their careers in international schools. This module is designed to provide participants with knowledge and understanding of practice models focused on bilingual learners in international schools. Participants will also gain wider insights into key concepts and principles underpinning international education and globalisation: global citizenship, intercultural and transcultural ethos, plurilingualism.

The aims of this module are to:

Provide students with knowledge and understanding of key concepts underpinning mission and ethos of international schools;
	Provide students with insights into models of practice employed to support bilingual pupils from non-English speaking backgrounds;
	Provide students with knowledge and understanding of language development across the curriculum;
	Provide opportunities for students to experience working with bilingual pupils in international schools.
By the end of this module students will be expected to:

Demonstrate critical understanding of key concepts from module work and devise arguments about their relevance for working in international schools;
	Demonstrate engagement with models of practice in an analytical and critical way supported by relevant research and theories;
	Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of current practices employed to support language development of bilingual pupils in international schools;
	Demonstrate independent and creative thinking in developing their own vision for further development of good practice in international schools.

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