StudyQA — Master: English Language and Linguistics

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Our course provides you with an in-depth investigation of the grammatical system and the sound system of English. In addition, our specialist options cover a wide range of topics related to English, including dialectal and social variation, language change, phonetics, pragmatics and conversation analysis. You have four compulsory modules and four optional modules.
Theoretical And Descriptive Phonology provides you with the necessary tools to undertake phonological description, giving you the theoretical background that helps you to develop skills of data analysis and problem solving. English Phonology builds on this, introducing you to Optimality Theory. English Syntax 1 focuses on the syntax of the English verbal system, while English Syntax 2 focuses on the syntax of the English nominal system. You will undertake a dissertation between April and September. This will be on a topic of your choice, using the skills you have developed in your modules.
If you wish to focus specifically on the linguistics of the English language then our MA English Language and Linguistics should interest you. You will develop key employability skills including research design, data analysis, thinking analytically, and report writing. Our course can lead to careers in areas such as academic research, publishing, journalism, administration, public service and teaching.

A Masters course is an academically rigorous programme during which you explore your subject in depth, reaching a high level of specialist knowledge. You draw on knowledge and skills from your undergraduate study or your professional life to produce work of a high academic standard, informed by current thinking and debate.
A full-time Masters course lasts for twelve months, starting in October, and consists of taught modules during your autumn and spring terms, and normally a research-based dissertation or other project-based work submitted in September. A part-time Masters course lasts for 24 months, normally starting in October, and consists of taught modules spread out over two years, with normally a research-based dissertation or other project-based work submitted in September of the second year. Each of the taught modules you take in the Department of Language and Linguistics counts for 15 credits. The total credit weighting for a Masters course is 180: 120 for taught modules and 60 for the MA dissertation. (If you are from the EU, then our Masters courses are regarded as second-cycle qualifications under the Bologna Declaration and consist of 90 ECTS credits).

Modules
Core modules
* Ma Dissertation

Compulsory modules
* English Phonology
* English Syntax 1
* English Syntax 2
* Theoretical And Descriptive Phonology
* Variation In English I
* Variation In English Ii

Optional modules
* American Languages
* Ca I - Conversation And Social Interaction
* Ca Ii - Media And Institutional Talk
* Description Of Language For Tefl/Elt And Applied Linguistics
* Developmental Language Disorders
* Early Phonological Development And Speech Sound Disorders
* English Phonology
* English Syntax 1
* English Syntax 2
* Experimental Design And Analysis
* Foundations Of Computer Assisted Language Learning
* Foundations Of Intercultural And Professional Communication
* Graduate Research Assignment
* Individual Differences In L2 Learning
* Language And Gender
* Language Learning
* Language Rights
* Literature And Language Teaching
* Materials Design And Evaluation
* Morphology
* Philosophy Of Linguistics
* Phonetics
* Pragmatics: Discourse And Rhetoric
* Relevance Theory
* Research Methods I
* Research Methods Ii
* Second Language Acquisition And Linguistics Theory
* Second Language Vocabulary: Learning, Teaching And Use
* Semantics
* Sentence Processing
* Sociolinguistic Methods 1: Data Collection
* Sociolinguistic Methods Ii: Data Analysis
* Sociolinguistics I: Variationist Theory
* Sociolinguistics Ii: Sociocultural Theory
* Sociophonology Research
* Syntactic Theory I
* Syntactic Theory Ii
* Teaching And Learning Grammar
* Teaching Practice I
* Teaching Writing In Efl/Esl
* Teaching, Listening And Speaking
* The Role Of Age In Bilingual Development
* Theoretical And Descriptive Phonology
* Variation In Arabic 1
* Variation In English I
* Variation In English Ii

Core modules must be taken and passed.
Core with options modules selected from limited lists must be taken and passed.
Compulsory modules must be taken.
Compulsory with options modules selected from limited lists must be taken.
Optional modules are selected from course specific lists.

Upper second class honours degree, or equivalent, in relevant subject area.IELTS 6.5. English Language Requirements IELTS band: 6.5 IMPORTANT NOTE: Since April 2014 the ETS tests (including TOEFL and TOEIC) are no longer accepted for Tier 4 visa applications to the United Kingdom. The university might still accept these tests to admit you to the university, but if you require a Tier 4 visa to enter the UK and begin your degree programme, these tests will not be sufficient to obtain your Visa. The IELTS test is most widely accepted by universities and is also accepted for Tier 4 visas to the UK- learn more.