Curriculum of the Mekong Department of English

I. Rationale (Vision, Mission & Goal)

A. Vision
We envision in developing learners to be creative and innovative in education of teaching English as foreign language.

B. Mission
1. To promote effective learning and Teaching.
2. To promote psychology, pedagogy and methodology in teaching.
3. To promote educational management and technology.

C. Goal
To pursue the excellent value of education, MDE of the Cambodian Mekong University aims to develop students’ future career with English competency as a teacher or lecturer of English; and
Knowledge of English linguistics.

II. Program Career Opportunities

After graduation from Mekong Department of English with this major, students can apply for the following career:

NGO or international staff
Receptionist and assistant of organization
English translator, interpreter or program/ Project coordinator
Lecturer, tutor or teacher of English in public or private classes
English trainer, supervisor or manager
Department administrator
Public staff or government civil servant
Communication/Administration staff in a related field of English
Department program developer
Ability to pursue for Bachelor, Master, or Ph.D.’s Degree
Ability to challenge to get other scholarships oversea

III. Program Objectives

Being trusted through the value, ethics and quality of the education, MDE thrives to provide the specific program complying with the national and international qualification:

To help learners continue a professional development;
To strengthen learners’ ability and proficiency in a teaching career with the competency of techniques, approaches, psychology, methodology, and pedagogy;
To offer both theoretical and practical knowledge to learners to gain both insightful knowledge and practical skills of current working environment;
To develop learners the competency of teaching English by researching;
To develop learners the intellectual flexibility, creativity, and cultural literacy for engaging their life-long learning;
To upgrade abilities of designing materials; developing course syllabi, and curricular;
To improve communication skills and contextual skills;

IV. Program Learning Outcome (PLOs)

In responding to job markets, social requirement, and globalization, MDE tries its best to promote its learners to get the fruitful result after siting in its program.
After this program learners are expected to:

1. Knowledge

PLO1: Identify how to teach English as the foreign language accurately and fluently with the spelling, intonation, pronunciation, vocabulary and grammar.
PLO2: Acquire the experiences of teaching and classroom management through learning by doing all the activities with the courses.
PLO3: Identify the methods, approaches, techniques of teaching English as the foreign language.
PLO4: Identify the way of creating and developing teaching materials.
PLO5: Show the way of teaching students by using psychology.
PLO6: State about the ethics and pedagogy of teaching.

2. Cognitive Skills

PLO7: Apply critical and theoretical approaches, tactics and techniques of teaching English as foreign language.
PLO8: Use the methodology, psychology and pedagogy in the career properly.
PLO9: Use English competency and proficiency for the courses of the university.
PLO10: Prepare the lesson plans, course syllabi, curricula and correctly design other materials for English teaching.
PLO11: Manage students and organization properly.
PLO12: Ethically gather, understand, evaluate and synthesize information from a variety of written and electronic sources.
PLO13: Analyze student learning styles and student’s need with psychology.

3. Interpersonal Skills and Responsibility

PLO14: Use based- English competency and other principles for perusing their post-graduation.
PLO15: Feel confident in using English as the foreign language for teaching.
PLO16: Complete the job responsibly in accordance with the guidance or standard procedure in the limited context.
PLO17: Assess self-ability in using English by theMDElves, class, sexuality and ethnicity.
PLO18: Interact the teaching and learning process very well.
PLO19: Conduct good moralities, attitude, value and ethics in class room, real work and society.

4. Communication, Information Technology and Numerical Skills

PLO20: Use their ability of English to do research and watch the video tutorials for developing class activity or business purposes.
PLO21: Use English as the media for teaching other courses.
PLO22: Elicit teaching with the methods, techniques and other approaches of pedagogy.
PLO23: Apply their English abroad for living and getting the scholarship.
PLO24: Discover the new technology of teaching and learning, and new innovation.
PLO25: Search the way of teaching and learning on internet very broadly.

5. Psychomotor Skills (for technical and vocational)

PLO26: Produce the teaching materials for relevant courses.
PLO27: Use computer for typing some documents and design the test banks and other documents.
PLO28: Interpret from source to target orally accurately and fluently.
PLO29: Prepare tests of evaluation in the sessions.
PLO30: Have basic skill in using standard tools in career and can use these skills in practicing the standard procedure.

V. Qualification Entrance of Bachelor of Education in Teaching English as Foreign Language (B.Ed. in TEFL)

For learners who are aiming to pursue their study to get the professional career with the Bachelor of Education in Teaching English as Foreign Language (B.Ed. in TEFL) in the university level of MDE at Cambodian Mekong University, they need to complete successfully with the following conditions or requirements of qualification:

Passed high department national examination (High Department Diploma/ Equivalent Certificate of High Department Diploma)
Holding Foundation’s certificate
Holding Associate’s degree / Equivalent Certificate
Holding Higher Diploma of Technology / Associate of Technology’s Degree
Conducted the placement test

VI. Program Requirements

To response to the motto and vision of Cambodian Mekong University, that is always cares for the value of education, the students who are majoring in Teaching English as Foreign Language are qualified to meet any career above need to fulfill the requirement of MDE so that they can graduate the Bachelor of Education in Teaching English as Foreign Language (B.Ed. in TEFL). Hence, all of them who are pursuing for this program have to follow the policy issued bellow:

A. Freshman (Year-one Student)

The student must get the placement test score over 65%
The student has to attend orientation class one week before starting the first semester.
The student level in English must be in Pre-intermediate level (IELTS 4.0). In case not, the student has to join the extra class to strengthen English proficiency.
At the end of Year 1, students must get IELTS 5.0.
The student has to use English language as the means of communication

B. Sophomore (Year-two Student)

The minimum IELTS band score must be 5.0 and at the end of the semester students must get 6.0 of IELTS band score;
The student has to gain the average score over 75% of the Major Professional Course and
The student has to use English language as the means of communication

C. Junior (Year-three Student)
- The minimum IELTS band score must be 6.0 for major TEFL and at the end of the semester students must get 6.5 of IELTS band score:

If not, student must change to English for Business Major
If the student doesn’t want to change the major in case of getting IELTS band score lower than 6.5, they must sign the contract to improve his or her English proficiency until he or she gains IELTS band score 6.5 at the end of Year III;

- The student must gain the average score over 75% of the Major Professional Course and
- The student has to use English language as the mean of communication.

D. Senior (Year-four Student)

The student has to use English language as the means of communication;
The student must take State Exam (Required by the department);
The student must prepare test obtain Band Score of 6.5 (IELTS)
The student must be trained to obtain Diploma of General Microsoft Office for Administrative Affairs (DGMOAA) from The Mekong Department of Computer Information Technology (MSCIT);
The student must do preparation to obtain GPA at least 2.75 among the Major Professional Courses (MPC);
Make sure students have to be trained and oriented to complete all any kinds of projects (Entrepreneurship Project or internship) and
The student must be taught the way to write Thesis, Final Project, or Report Paper.

E. Teaching Practice (Requirement in Major of TEFL)

The student must have enough time to conduct Observing and Teaching Practice (EDU 421& EDU422) within 150 hours and write the report to reflex through teaching performance experience.
This Teaching Practice will be conducted in any semester during Year III or Year IV.

F. Penalty

The student is needed to change to English for Business Major if his or her average score is lower than the above requirement policy and
The student will be charged in cash and retake the State Exam if he or she failed one included subject.

VII. Credit Hours

Complying with the Cambodian National Framework and responding to the International Standard of the programs, MDE requires students to learn for 4 years, at least 120 credits, 15 hours for a credit is taken as a measure of the amount of teaching and instruction, 30 hours for a credit is taken as a measure of the amount of laboratory/ workshop teaching activities, and 45 hours for a credit is taken as a measure of the amount of field work or internship training activities, so all students need to study 3 hours a day and 15 weeks that is equivalent to 45 hours a course to get 3 credit for the full-time students. And they need to complete at least 15 credits a semester that is 60 credits a year.