Masters Degree Description
This course is particularly suitable if you are interested in language learning and teaching. You may already have tried teaching languages, or would like to pursue a career in teaching. We explore key issues in English language teaching from multiple perspectives, including:
- Second language acquisition
- Motivation and group dynamics
- Psycholinguistics
- Discourse analysis
- Corpus linguistics
- Intercultural communication
Entry Requirements
2:1 (or international equivalent) in English language/literature or a related arts or humanities subject
Fees
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Student Destinations
This course will develop a range of transferable skills, including:
- written and oral communication skills
- presentation skills
- data collection and analysis
- research design skills
- organisation and time management
Module Details
Core modules
During the autumn term, you will take the following 20-credit core modules:
- Quantitative and Qualitative Research Methods in Applied Linguistics
- Second Language Acquisition
Optional modules
You choose either three or four 20-credit optional modules from the below list:
- English Vocabulary: Teaching and Learning
- Group Dynamics and Motivation in the Language Classroom
- Intercultural Communication20 credits
- Language Teaching: Speaking and Listening
- Psychology of Language
If you only chose three modules listed above, you can then choose an additional module from the following:
- Business and Organisational Communication20 credits
- Consciousness in Fiction
- Language, Gender and Sexuality
- Research Methods: Corpus Linguistics
- Sociolinguistics of Work20 credits
- The Teaching of Language and Literature
If you only chose three modules, you can then choose an additional module from the list below:
- Business and Organisational Communication
- Cognition and Literature
- Consciousness in Fiction
- Dramatic Discourse
- Language, Gender and Sexuality
- Research Methods: Corpus Linguistics
- Sociolinguistics of Work
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