Master of Education in Modern Languages Education

About this programme

The MEd degree is designed as a practitioner's degree, for students who wish to acquire the knowledge, skills and experience necessary to work in a professional field. As a professional degree, the MEd is intended for students who wish, upon graduation, to assume positions of leadership in a practical setting or positions requiring more advanced study than that available at the bachelor's level. The MEd degree is a course-based degree (no thesis required). The MEd in Modern Languages is a specialized, individualized and interdisciplinary graduate program in which students can focus on French as a Second or Additional Language education, Asia-Pacific or modern language education in other languages, or Indigenous language education and revitalization. MLED graduate students gain experience and understanding in such areas as: current issues in second language theory and practice, second language acquisition, second language reading and writing, language socialization, language and identity, bi-/multilingual pedagogies and multimodalities, language policy and planning, second language assessment, intercultural education, technology integration in language education, discourse analysis, critical applied linguistics, and research methods. Teachers in French immersion, core and intensive French, and francophone programs have the option of completing an online cohort MEd taught entirely in French. The focus is on teachers’ specific interests related to French language teaching and includes a three-week course delivered face-to-face in Montreal. Online courses are offered synchro