English Language and Literature

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The University of Essex is one of the UK's leading academic institutions, ranked ninth nationally for research excellence following the most recent Research Assessment Exercise (RAE).

Our MA English Language and Literature contributes towards the theory and practice behind aspects of English language teaching, as well as providing you with elements of the study on English language in use in different situations and for different purposes. It should interest you if your future career may include both the teaching of English language and English literature, or if you wish to gain knowledge of how literature may be applied in the teaching of language, or if you want to gain experience in the study of each discipline at a postgraduate level.

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 (which must be submitted to the Department of Language and Linguistics). 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
* Research Methods In Literary And Cultural Analysis

Compulsory with options modules
* American Languages
* Ca I - Conversation And Social Interaction
* Ca Ii - Media And Institutional Talk
* Literature And Language Teaching
* Pragmatics: Discourse And Rhetoric
* Research Methods I
* Sociolinguistic Methods 1: Data Collection
* 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 7 with minimu 6.5 in writing English Language Requirements IELTS band: 7 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.

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