Language Acquisition and Development MSc

Students will be able to critically present and discuss at an advanced level key facts, concepts, ideas and approaches relating to the study of bilingualism and language acquisition.

Students will be able to analyse and critically evaluate at an advanced level competing theories and theoretical controversies in the study of bilingualism and language acquisition.

The course aims to enable understudies to: Students will be able to compare and critically evaluate at an advanced level the relative and complementary merits of various kinds of competing methodologies, and select an appropriate methodology for investigating specific phenomena.

Students will be able to design and present at an advanced level a research investigation in this area of study.

Successful completion of the programme will provide you with the requisite skills, understanding, and knowledge to work effectively and increase your employability in organisations working with bilingual populations and second language learners with and without language impairment, such as speech and language therapists and teachers.

A 2.ii undergraduate degree in linguistics or a related area normally required. Applicants who do not speak English as their native language must pass the IELTS English test with a score of 6.0 in all four components. Students who have an overall score of 5.5 on the IELTS can take a summer pre sessional course in the University’s English Language Centre for Overseas Students (ELCOS).