BA English Language and Teaching English as a Foreign Language (Including Foundation Year)

Bachelor's degree

In Colchester

£ 9,250 + VAT

Description

  • Type

    Bachelor's degree

  • Location

    Colchester

  • Duration

    4 Years

About the course
Our BA English Language and Teaching English as a Foreign Language (including foundation year) is open to Home, EU and international students

It will be suitable for you if your academic qualifications do not yet meet our entrance requirements for the three-year version of this course and you want a programme that increases your subject knowledge as well as improves your academic skills


This four-year course includes a foundation year (Year Zero), followed by a further three years of study

During your Year Zero, you study four academic subjects relevant to your chosen course as well as a compulsory academic skills module


You are an Essex student from day one, a member of our global community based at the most internationally diverse campus university in the UK


After successful completion of Year Zero in our International Academy, you progress to complete your course with the Department of Language and Linguistics

This course is ideal if you want to teach English to non-native speakers, but the knowledge and skills you develop will also prepare you for a range of other possible careers in the media, in administration, in business and in education; in fact, any job where the ability to apply critical thinking to problems, to conduct independent research and to communicate the results of your work to others are required


You study topics which give you a thorough grounding in English Language, and teaching English Language to others, including:
Linguistics and sociolinguistics
The structure of the English language
Second language learning
Practical training in TEFL methods
In each year it is possible to take a modern foreign language option, if you wish, instead of an English language option

Facilities

Location

Start date

Colchester (Essex)
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Wivenhoe Park, CO4 3SQ

Start date

On request

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Subjects

  • Learning Teaching
  • English Language
  • Teaching
  • English
  • International
  • Employability
  • TEFL
  • Skills and Training

Course programme

Example structure
Studying at Essex is about discovering yourself, so your course combines compulsory and optional modules to make sure you gain key knowledge in the discipline, while having as much freedom as possible to explore your own interests. Our research-led teaching is continually evolving to address the latest challenges and breakthroughs in the field, therefore to ensure your course is as relevant and up-to-date as possible your core module structure may be subject to change.
For many of our courses you’ll have a wide range of optional modules to choose from – those listed in this example structure are just a selection of those available. The opportunity to take optional modules will depend on the number of core modules within any year of the course. In many instances, the flexibility to take optional modules increases as you progress through the course.
Our Programme Specification gives more detail about the structure available to our current first-year students, including details of all optional modules.
Year 0
An Introduction to the History of the United Kingdom During the Twentieth Century
Major Writers in English Literature
Political and Social Theory From Plato to the Present Day
Western Philosophy: Fundamental Questions, Major Thinkers
Academic Skills
Year 1
Sounds
Skills for Linguists
Language Variation and Change
Foundations of Teaching English as a Foreign Language I
Foundations of Teaching English as a Foreign Language (II)
Words and Sentences
Psycholinguistics I - Language Development (optional)
Psycholinguistics II - Language Processing (optional)
Careers and Employability Skills for Languages and Linguistics
Year 2
Analysing the structure of English
Semantics and Pragmatics
Initial Teaching Practice
Theory and Practice in English Language Teaching
Introduction to TEFL Methodology
Phonology
Research methods for language and linguistics
Careers and Employability Skills for Languages and Linguistics
Final year
Foundations of Computer Assisted Language Learning (optional)
Topics in the Psychology of Language Learning and Teaching (optional)
American Languages (optional)
Second Language Vocabulary: Learning, Teaching and Use (optional)
Varieties of English (optional)
Advanced Phonology (optional)
CA I - Conversation and Social Interaction (optional)
Careers and Employability Skills for Languages and Linguistics
Teaching
Teaching is arranged to allow freedom in how you organise your learning experience
Examples of practical work include digitally recording dialect speakers in a small traditional fishing community, or scouring digitised child language databanks
Other teaching methods include lectures, demonstrations and learning by teaching others
Assessment
You are assessed through a combination of coursework (assignments, essays and tests) and end-of-year examinations
Weighted 50% coursework and 50% examinations
In your final year, you conduct research on a topic chosen with one of your lecturers, for your dissertation. Your lecturer supports you throughout your project and is an expert in the research area.
Other methods of assessment include graded participation in seminars and classes, presentations, or group work
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Additional information

In your second year, you take three practical TEFL modules where you learn about teaching methodology, receive guided preparation sessions, and engage in teaching practice Taken together, these modules are worth 60 credits and provide the content required for a TEFL-initiate qualification On successful completion, you're awarded a stand-alone certificate in TEFL which will help you start your teaching career We are one of the largest and most prestigious language and linguistics departments in the world, a place where talented students become part of an academic community in which the majority of research is rated ‘world-leading’ or ‘internationally excellent’, placing us firmly within the top 10 departments in the UK and among the top 150 departments on the planet (QS World University Rankings 2016) You also join our diverse community of students from all corners of the globe - the world in one place If you want a global outlook, are interested in human communication, and want to study for a degree with real-world practical value in a world-class department, welcome to Essex Our expert staff We have some of the best teachers across the University in our International Academy, all of whom have strong subject backgrounds and are highly skilled in their areas Our staff are internationally renowned Their books dominate the reading lists at other universities; Florence Myles authored the best-selling Second Language Learning Theories, and Bob Borsley wrote both Syntactic Theory: a Unified Approach and Modern Phrase Structure Grammar Other teachers on this course include Christina Gkonou, who has conducted extensive research into the effects of individual factors like anxiety on success in language learning, and Julian Good, who taught English in Europe, the Far East and South America for many years before coming to Essex Karen Roehr-Brackin is a leading expert on the relationship between metalinguistic knowledge (conscious...

BA English Language and Teaching English as a Foreign Language (Including Foundation Year)

£ 9,250 + VAT