English Language BA (Hons)

You learn through

• large-group interactive teaching sessions
• seminars
• workshops
• tutorials
• podcasts
• field trips
• work placements
• independent study Applied learningWork experienceYou will have the opportunity to arrange work placements as part of your second year and third year study on the course.

This gives you a real-world experience to prepare you for your future career.Live projectsIn your second year you will undertake a work-based project, typically involving in engaging in volunteering or a work placement and reflecting on the role that language performs in this activity. Students have worked with Every Sheffield Child Articulate and Literate (ESCAL), Portland Work, Freeman College, Sheffield Hallam's business incubation unit the Hatchery, Sheffield Children's Hospital, SHU Life magazine, Heeley City Farm, Grimm and Co and Byron Wood Primary School. You can also choose to study abroad for one semester at one of our partner universities.Field tripsStudents in English have visited areas of interest such as London's Globe Theatre, Sheffield's Crucible Theatre and country houses including Brodsworth Hall near Doncaster.