Linguistics with English Literature BA (Hons)
Bachelor's degree
In Bangor
Description
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Type
Bachelor's degree
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Location
Bangor (Wales)
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Duration
3 Years
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Start date
September
We tend to take our ability to produce and understand speech for granted until we try to learn another language, watch how a child learns a first language, or witness the effects of language handicap. Linguistics is the study of language abilities, how they are acquired, how they are used, and how they may be impaired. Because speech is so central to our very existence it is a fascinating and rewarding subject to study. This course is an ideal background for many careers, especially those in the teaching and caring professions, but also in more 'high tech' fields like computing and telecommunications. This course offers you the opportunity to study texts and authors from an exceptionally wide range of English, British and American literature. During your degree these works are studied in a variety of ways, some emphasising, for example, the social or political context in which a text was produced; others are studied with a more linguistic or stylistic approach. The course course aims to develop your skills in reading literature and to introduce you to new critical techniques and ways of studying literary texts. Through the study of English literature you will develop critical capacities and a range of invaluable intellectual and interpersonal skills: the ability to evaluate and interpret material and the capacity to explain it logically, orally or on paper, the ability to work independently and as a member of a group, to manage your own time and to work to deadlines set by yourself and others. These are skills which are sought by employers in many fields.
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About this course
The course aims to enable understudies to: identify in texts a range of linguistic and literary features
relate the meaning of a text to its formal and rhetorical aspects
understand some of the central ideas in contemporary critical theory
apply these concepts, both analytically and imaginatively, to the reading of literary texts.
demonstrate appropriate academic writing skills, including referencing and bibliography.
A degree from the School of Linguistics and English Language equips you with knowledge and skills which will open many doors for you when choosing a career.
Our courses in Child Language Acquisition, Speech and Language Disorders offer a good foundation for those who wish to pursue postgraduate training in speech and language therapy in order to qualify as a speech and language therapist.
Our courses on English Grammar and Child Language Acquisition offer a good foundation for those who wish to pursue a PGCE (teacher training qualification).
Courses in Teaching English as a foreign Language are invaluable for those who wish to teach English Overseas.
300 260 points or equivalent, no specific subjects required
We consider mature students and Access students with non standard qualifications.
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Subjects
- English Language
- IT
- Teaching
- English
- Phonology
- Skills and Training
- English Literature
- Linguistics
- Academic skills
- Basic linguistic terminology
- English and Society
- Language and Culture
- Dialect and social aspects
- Language policy and bilingualism
- Linguistics with English Literature
- Syntax & Morphology
- Language and cultural aspects
Course programme
Linguistics with English Literature BA (Hons)