Studying in Sanata Dharma University

English Education Master's Program

The curriculum overview can be seen further here.

1st Semester | July – December (Fall)

Course description:
A century-old discipline, the study of the curriculum has largely addressed various ideological contestations. This course is set to equip masters’ degree program students with major backgrounds, both historical and ideological ones, so as to situate curriculum inquiries within a pragmatic end relevant to today’s dynamic changes and complexity.

Course credit: 3 Credits

Course description:

This course is designed to equip students with a sound understanding of theories in educational psychology ranging from behaviourism, cognitivism, affectivism, and social constructivism. It particularly investigates how these theories are understood and implemented in the light of self-efficacy, self-regulation and metacognition in English language learning.

Course credit: 3 Credits

Course description:

This course covers the main topics in linguistics theories in the context of English as a second language teaching. It equips students with a basic understanding of linguistics theories in order that they have a better understanding of ESL teaching. Students are expected to have the knowledge and skills to teach linguistics in schools and universities.

Course credit: 3 Credits

Course description:

This course provides students with theories and practices of research methods in education based on the major divisions of research dimension, namely: qualitative research (e.g.: ethnography, phenomenology, grounded theories, case study), quantitative research (experimental and non-experimental research), and action research (teachers’ self-investigation on their teaching practices).

Course credit: 3 Credits

Course description:

This elective course is designed to improve students’ skills in taking the standardized test (TOEFL-like Test). Students are trained and enhanced in terms of their listening, structure, and reading skills. These skills are important in the making of an effective educator.

Course credit: 2 Credits

2nd Semester | February – June (Spring)

Course description:
This course covers the main topics in literature theories in the context of English as a second language teaching. It equips students with a basic understanding of literary theories in the order that they have a better understanding of ESL teaching. Students are expected to have the knowledge and skills to teach literature in schools and universities

Course credit: 3 Credits

Course description:

This course provides students with an analysis of current research trends about reflective practice theories and the identity construction of becoming teachers. The course also examines aspects of biographical account and narrative inquiry an integral parts of becoming an English teacher.

Course credit: 3 Credits

Course description:

This course deals with how to design and set up an English program systematically. The larger portion of the course is practical, where the students work on a selected project proposal, such as, the S-1 curriculum or its components, a school curriculum, media, material, and non-school training program.

Course credit: 3 Credits

Course description:

This course is designed to investigate continuous teacher professional development programs for teachers, lecturers, and other educators. This course covers writing journal papers from introduction phase to methodology phase.

Course credit: 2 Credits

Course description:

This course is designed to investigate the English education curriculum, especially one that is applied in Indonesia. This course covers writing journal paper from introduction phase to methodology phase.

Course credit: 2 Credits

Course description:

This course is designed to investigate the issue or phenomena in terms of applying linguistics in education. This course covers writing journal papers from the introduction phase to the methodology phase.

Course credit: 2 Credits

Course description:

This course is designed to investigate how educators manage education in a general or specific condition. This course covers writing journal paper from introduction phase to methodology phase.

Course credit: 2 Credits

Course description:

This course is designed to investigate updated English learning theories and second language acquisition to find out the most effective theories (s) that can be applied in a specific situation. This course covers writing journal papers from the introduction phase to methodology phase.

Course credit: 2 Credits

3rd Semester | July – December (Fall)

Course description:

The ELT Practicum course cultivates students’ experience of teaching practice at the undergraduate level of the English Language Education Study Program (ELESP). This course focuses on pedagogical theories and practices in class, as well as experiences related to others, such as engaging themselves with lecturers, mentors, students, teaching materials, facilitation, employees, and so forth. This course invites students to act objectively in teaching and overcome various problems that arise in the learning process at the university.

Course credit: 3 Credits

Course description:

Meaningful language learning is inevitably mediated by technological tools. Teachers are required to skilfully adapt and adopt technological tools that fit well to both learning outcomes attainment and students’ characteristics. This course is set to equip students with philosophical and theoretical foundations to embrace educational technologies and practical utilizations of them to facilitate language learning.

Course credit: 2 Credits

Course description:

This course helps students to develop research proposals and present the research report for thesis purposes. This course is an essential extension of “Research in English Education” from semester one.

Course credit: 2 Credits

This course is an independent study guided by a supervisor to generate academic writing on a topic according to students’ research focus. This course is the ultimate culmination of students’ learning in this master’s program to demonstrate the mastery of their fields and the application of the theories for language teaching and learning problems. The outcome of the thesis writings is the research publication in national and international journals.


**for those who could complete their degree in 1.5 years

Course credit: 6 Credits

Course description:

This course is designed to investigate continuous teacher professional development programs for teachers, lecturers, and other educators. This course covers writing journal papers from data analysis results, conclusion and recommendation, and review of the whole journal paper.

Course credit: 2 Credits

Course description:

This course is designed to investigate the English education curriculum. especially one that is applied in Indonesia. This course covers writing journal paper from data analysis results, conclusion and recommendation, and reviewing the whole journal paper.

Course credit: 2 Credits

Course description:

This course is designed to investigate the issue or phenomena in terms of applying linguistics in education. This course covers writing journal papers from data analysis results, conclusion and recommendation, and review of the whole journal paper.

Course credit: 2 Credits

Course description:

This course is designed to investigate how educators manage education in general or specific conditions. This course covers writing journal papers from data analysis results, conclusion and recommendation, and review the whole journal paper

Course credit: 2 Credits

Course description:

This course is designed to investigate updated English learning theories and second language acquisition to find out the most effective theory (s) that can be applied in a specific situation. This course covers writing journal papers from data analysis results, conclusion and recommendation, and review the whole journal paper.

Course credit: 2 Credits

4th Semester | February – June (Spring)

Course description:

This course is an independent study guided by a supervisor to generate academic writing on a topic according to students’ research focus. This course is an ultimate culmination of students’ learning in this master’s program to demonstrate the mastery of their fields and the application of the theories for language teaching and learning problems. The outcome of thesis writing is the research publication in national and international journals.

Course credit: 6 Credits