Applied English Language Studies BA(Hons)

Aimed at students who do not have English as their first language.
Improve your skills in English and learn about its cultural context by approaching it as a modern foreign language.
Learn more about the English Language (e.g. its structure, history and varieties) and about Linguistics (a scientific approach to the study of language).
Explore areas that might lead to further study and a career including an introduction to TESOL (teaching English to speakers of other languages) and translation.
Opportunity to undertake work experience as part of the ‘Language in the Workplace’ module – a chance to see how the language skills you’ve learnt on the course can be applied to communication in a working environment.
Opportunities to study a modern foreign language alongside your course through our Modern Languages Programme.
Our team of academic staff are ranked in the top 5 in the UK for the quality of their research publications (REF 2014).

As an English Language graduate, you are valued for the advanced skills you have developed in communication, self-motivation, teamwork, analysis, creative problem solving and persuasiveness. Depending on your specialism, your career choices are as varied and exciting as your degree course.

Our graduates have gone on to a variety of careers within teaching, marketing and PR, journalsim and event management. A selection of companies that have employed Huddersfield graduates in recent years include Emerald Group Publishing, Roma Publications and Crown House Publishing. Others have opted for PGCE study and have become teachers, or continued their studies at postgraduate level.

If your first language is not English, you will need to meet the minimum requirements of an English Language qualification. The minimum for IELTS is 6.5 overall with no element lower than 5.5 or Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) 90. This is slightly higher than the university's normal entry requirement and reflects the special nature of the course with its focus on the academic study of English.