Applied Linguistics and English Language Teaching MA

Overview This MA combines theoretical and ideological dimensions with practical applications. Read full overview Course details Modules The modules we offer are inspired by the research interests of our staff and as a result, may change from year to year. The following list is therefore subject to change but should give you a flavour of the modules we offer. Students who wish to apply for an ESRC PhD scholarship after completion of the MA will need to follow an ESRC strand within the course - which will mean a slight change to the structure below. Full details will be given to students on starting the course. Autumn Semester 1)Typically, students take the following module: Research Methods in Applied Linguistics: Quantitative and Qualitative Methods (15 credits) 2) Students then choose between 15 and 45 credits from the following list of typical modules: Psychology of Language (15 credits) Grammar in the Classroom (15 credits) Intercultural Communication (15 credits) Language Teaching: Speaking and Listening (15 credits) 3) If students choose only 15 credits from the list above, then they may choose to take 30 credits from the following typical modules: Research in Literary Linguistics (15 credits) Business & Organisational Communication (15 credits) Consciousness in Fiction (15 credits) Dickens & Language (15 credits) Spring Semester 1) Typically, Students take the module: Second Language Acquisition (15 credits) 2) Students choose between 30 and 45 credits from the following list of representative modules: Research Methods: Corpus Linguistics (15 credits) English Vocabulary: Teaching & Learning (15 credits) Group Dynamics and Motivation in the Language Classroom (15 credits) Assessment in the Language Classroom (15 credits) 2) Then, students may take up to 15 credits from the following list of representative modules (to bring their total number of taught credits to 120): Language and Gender (15 credits) Sociolinguistics of Work (15 credits) Cognition & Literature (15 credits) Summer The final element of the course is a 60 credit dissertation, which students complete over the Summer period. More information on the above modules is available in the Module Catalogue. Please note that all modules are subject to change. Further information about the ESRC scholarship is available on the School page. Back to top The modules we offer are inspired by the research interests of our staff and as a result may change for reasons of, for example, research developments or legislation changes. This list is an example of typical modules we offer, not a definitive list. The modules we offer are inspired by the research interests of our staff and as a result may change for reasons of, for example, research developments or legislation changes. This list is an example of typical modules we offer, not a definitive list. Funding Careers Related courses