The Master of Applied Linguistics program trains students to apply knowledge of languages in a diverse range of contexts, including translation, journalism and media, language policy and planning, website design and socio-educational development work. Our degree is also suitable for people involved in teaching English to speakers of other languages (TESOL), second language teaching (SLT), and the teaching of modern languages. We teach both traditional face-to-face and computer assisted methodologies.At the end of this degree, Students need to look at the world with new eyes. Students will also learn to analyse texts that encounter in everyday and professional lives and will be able to apply this knowledge for a range of purposes. Many units of study in this program are informed by systemic functional linguistics and the groundbreaking, internationally recognised, literacy initiatives in primary, secondary, tertiary and adult education of the Sydney School.The Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences has a wide range of academic expertise in applied linguistics with particular strengths in World Englishes, the politics of English language teaching, media discourse, critical discourse analysis and emerging electronic modalities of communication, for example, news websites, blogs, chat rooms, YouTube, Facebook and MySpace.