MA Psycholinguistics
Postgraduate
In Colchester
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Distance Education Dept. - Islamic College for Adv. Studies
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King's College London
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University College London
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Canterbury College
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Description
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Type
Postgraduate
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Location
Colchester
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Duration
1 Year
About the course
Discover how insights from linguistics help to explain how humans learn, understand and use languages
Our MA Psycholinguistics provides you with a thorough grounding in research from the perspective of linguistics on human language processing, the representation of language in the brain, and first and second language acquisition
You cover the processing and acquisition of sounds, words and sentences, look at different kinds of language disorders, and investigate the relevance of data from human language processing to our understanding of the nature of language
You also learn how to design and conduct experiments, and analyse the results from them
Our researchers are using experimental techniques to understand how children learn language, how adults process language, and what happens when language ability is impaired by brain disorders
We combine a wide range of methodologies: corpora, infant behavioural studies at the babylab, response time and eye movement measures for adults
You can choose areas of special study including:
How words are represented and accessed in the mind
How speakers understand sentences in real time
Music, language and the brain
Children’s English
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 ranked among the top 150 departments on the planet according to the QS World [University] Rankings [2016] for linguistics
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Subjects
- English
- Teaching
- IT for adults
- Design
Course programme
Postgraduate study is the chance to take your education to the next level. The combination of compulsory and optional modules means our courses help you develop extensive knowledge in your chosen discipline, whilst providing plenty of freedom to pursue 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, in many instances, just a selection of those available. Our Programme Specification gives more detail about the structure available to our current postgraduate students, including details of all optional modules.
Year 1
Phonological Development
Sentence Processing
Experimental Design and Analysis
Assignment Writing and Dissertation Preparation
The Role of Age in Bilingual Development
MA Dissertation
Advanced Phonology (optional)
First Language Acquisition (optional)
Second Language Acquisition and Linguistics Theory (optional)
American Languages (optional)
Varieties of English (optional)
Language Rights (optional)
Semantics (optional)
Language Learning (optional)
English Syntax 1 (optional)
Individual Differences in L2 Learning (optional)
Syntactic Theory I (optional)
Variationist Sociolinguistic Theory (optional)
Sociolinguistic Methods 1: Data Collection (optional)
Research Methods I (optional)
English Syntax 2 (optional)
Syntactic Theory II (optional)
Sociocultural Linguistics (optional)
Variation in English II (optional)
Sociolinguistic Methods: Data Coding and Analysis (optional)
Research Methods II (optional)
Graduate Research Assignment (optional)
Language Attrition (optional)
Language in Context: From Pragmatics to Conversation Analysis (optional)
Intercultural Communication: communicating across languages and cultures (optional)
Teaching
Teaching methods include lectures, demonstrations and learning by teaching others
We run a weekly departmental seminar, attended by both staff and students
Assessment
Your eight one-term modules are assessed by coursework and you are also assessed on your dissertation
Dissertation
Your 16,000-word dissertation allows you to focus in-depth on your chosen topic from April onwards
Close supervision by a member of staff within our Department
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MA Psycholinguistics
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Distance Education Dept. - Islamic College for Adv. Studies
Master Distance LearningPrice on request -
University of Phoenix
Master OnlinePrice on request -
Institute of Education
Postgraduate OnlinePrice on request -
King's College London
Postgraduate Onlinehigher than £ 9000 -
University of the Highlands and Islands
Master Onlinehigher than £ 9000 -
University College London
Master Distance Learning£ 4,340 -
Canterbury College
BTEC OnlinePrice on request
See all