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Description
Studying German in combination with English Language and Linguistics enables you to learn another language and gain an understanding of how language itself works.
German is one of Europe's most important languages for business and culture. Worldwide, it is the second-most widely used language on the internet (W3Techs 2014). It is also frequently used as a second language in Eastern Europe, serving as a means of communication across international boundaries. Fluency in the German language, combined with knowledge of political and cultural developments in the German-speaking world, opens up career opportunities in many areas of Europe.
Along with our other European language departments, German has native-speaker language assistants and state-of-the art computing and audio-visual facilities. Many classes are taught in German, and you have the opportunity to spend a year studying, teaching English or working in a German-speaking country.
Language is fundamental to everything we do: it helps us communicate ideas, express our feelings, and present ourselves to different audiences. English Language and Linguistics is therefore an ideal complement to the subject of German, where an understanding of how language works is important.
Combining theoretical and practical elements, English Language and Linguistics explores both the structure of language and its multifaceted relationship with culture and society. The choice of topics covered is very wide, including areas such as sociolinguistics, language acquisition, syntax, semantics, pragmatics, phonetics and phonology, morphology, language learning and teaching, language impairments, literary stylistics and critical and cultural theory. You can also study creative writing and media writing.
Some of our joint honours students follow a strand reflecting their specific interests: for example, language teaching options for those considering careers in education, or stylistics options for those following a literary programme. Others enjoy English Language and Lingustics as an absorbing and intellectually stimulating discipline in its own right.
Independent rankings
In the National Student Survey 2013, Linguistics were ranked 9th for student satisfaction. Modern languages were ranked 14th for student satisfaction and English at Kent was ranked 12th in The Guardian University Guide 2014.
Detailed Course Facts
Application deadline January 15 Tuition fee- GBP 9000 Year (EEA)
- GBP 12450 Year (Non-EEA)
Start date September 2015 Credits (ECTS) 180 ECTS
Credits Total Kent credits: 360
Duration full-time 48 months Partnership Joint Languages Take an IELTS test
- English
Course Content
The course structure below gives a flavour of the modules that will be available to you and provides details of the content of this programme. This listing is based on the current curriculum and may change year to year in response to new curriculum developments and innovation. Most programmes will require you to study a combination of compulsory and optional modules, you may also have the option to take wild modules from other programmes offered by the University in order that you may customise your programme and explore other subject areas of interest to you or that may further enhance your employability.
Stage 1
Possible modules may include:
LL310 - Foundations of Language 1: Sounds and Words
LL311 - Foundations of Language 2: Structure and Meaning
GE329 - Intensive Beginners German
GE301 - Learning German 3 (Post A Level)
GE331 - Learning German 2 (Post-GCSE German)
GE311 - Varieties of German Writing
GE312 - Images of Germany, 1945-1990
GE326 - Introduction to German Literature (in translation)
GE327 - German Pronunciation and Phonetics
GE328 - Post-1989 German Cinema
GE330 - Beginners' Danish: Language & Culture
You have the opportunity to select wild modules in this stage
Stage 2
Possible modules may include:
GE507 - Learning German 4
GE516 - German Post 'A' Level
GE580 - German Extended Essay
GE584 - Order and Madness: Classical German Literature
GE586 - Medien und Öffentlichkeit
GE587 - Life After Modernism? An Introduction to Postmodernist Literature in Ge
GE591 - German Expressionism 1920-1925
GE593 - Danish Through the Medium of Crime Fiction
PL602 - Philosophy of Language
LL539 - An Introduction to English Language Teaching 1
LL513 - Language Variation and Change
LL512 - Language Processing
LL518 - Stylistics: Language in Literature
LL519 - Syntax 1
LL521 - Research Skills - ELL
LL522 - Morphology
LL524 - History of British English
LL525 - The Study of Speech
LL530 - Writing In The Media: A Practical Approach
LL531 - Atypical Language
LL532 - Learning and Teaching Languages
LL533 - Topics in Pragmatics
LL534 - Semantics and Pragmatics
LL536 - English Language in the Media
LL537 - English Language in the Media 2
LL538 - First Language Acquisition
LL540 - An Introduction to English Language Teaching 2
You have the opportunity to select wild modules in this stage
Year abroad
You have the opportunity to spend a year either studying at a partner university in Germany, or teaching English, or working in a German-speaking country.
Possible modules may include:
LA514 - Year Abroad Module
Stage 3
Possible modules may include:
GE503 - Learning German 5
GE593 - Danish Through the Medium of Crime Fiction
GE592 - German Expressionism 1920-1925
GE588 - Life After Modernism? An Introduction to Postmodernist Literature in Ge
GE586 - Medien und Öffentlichkeit
GE585 - Order and Madness: Classical German Literature
GE580 - German Extended Essay
GE506 - German Dissertation
SCL501 - Languages in the Classroom
LL540 - An Introduction to English Language Teaching 2
LL599 - Dissertation
PL576 - Philosophy of Language
LL538 - First Language Acquisition
LL537 - English Language in the Media 2
LL536 - English Language in the Media
LL534 - Semantics and Pragmatics
LL533 - Topics in Pragmatics
LL532 - Learning and Teaching Languages
LL531 - Atypical Language
LL530 - Writing In The Media: A Practical Approach
LL525 - The Study of Speech
LL524 - History of British English
LL522 - Morphology
LL521 - Research Skills - ELL
LL519 - Syntax 1
LL518 - Stylistics: Language in Literature
LL512 - Language Processing
LL513 - Language Variation and Change
LL539 - An Introduction to English Language Teaching 1
You have the opportunity to select wild modules in this stage
English Language Requirements
IELTS band : 6.5
To study at this university, you have to speak English. We advice you to
take an IELTS test.Requirements
The University will consider applications from students offering a wide range of qualifications, typical requirements are listed below, students offering alternative qualifications should contact the Admissions Office for further advice. It is not possible to offer places to all students who meet this typical offer/minimum requirement.
Qualification Typical offer/minimum requirement- A level: ABB
- GCSE: C in a modern European language other than English
- Access to HE Diploma: The University of Kent will not necessarily make conditional offers to all access candidates but will continue to assess them on an individual basis. If an offer is made candidates will be required to obtain/pass the overall Access to Higher Education Diploma and may also be required to obtain a proportion of the total level 3 credits and/or credits in particular subjects at merit grade or above.
- BTEC Level 3 Extended Diploma (formerly BTEC National Diploma): The university will consider applicants holding BTEC National Diploma and Extended National Diploma Qualifications (QCF; NQF;OCR) on a case by case basis please contact us via the enquiries tab for further advice on your individual circumstances.
- International Baccalaureate: 34 points overall or 16 at HL including a modern European language other than English 4 at HL or 5 at SL
Work Experience
No work experience is required.
Related Scholarships*
- Academic Excellence Scholarship
"The Academic Excellence Scholarship can provide up to a 50 % reduction in tuition per semester. These scholarships will be renewed if the student maintains superior academic performance during each semester of their 3-year Bachelor programme. The scholarship will be directly applied to the student’s tuition fees."
- Access Bursary
Bursary for UK students all subjects where the variable tuition fee rate is payable.
- Alumni Bursary
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* The scholarships shown on this page are suggestions first and foremost. They could be offered by other organisations than University of Kent.
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