You study four modules:
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Describing Language
This module includes the study of lexis and of Systemic-Functional grammar. This gives you the tools to describe and analyse language in a range of settings.
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Social and Psychological Aspects of Language
This module includes courses on both Sociolinguistics and Psycholinguistics. You will look at issues of language in society, focusing on the linguistic and political implications of language variation and languages in contact. In Psycholinguistics, you are introduced to the study of first and second language acquisition and cognitive models of language.
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Discourse Culture and Communication
This module covers aspects of how spoken and written discourse is organised, how it varies, and how it may be described and analysed. There is a strong focus on issues of culture and communication. As an alternative to this module, you may choose to take the Discourse for Teachers module from the MA in TEFL/TESL.
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Research Methods in Applied Linguistics
This module includes a course in methods and approaches to research in Applied Linguistics. In addition, you will select one option from the range on offer and apply what you have learned to a small research project.
You then choose two optional modules:
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Bilingual Dictionaries and Terminology
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Business English
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Cognitive Linguistics and Language Learning
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Computer Assisted Language Learning
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Corpus Linguistics
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Discourse for Teachers
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English as a Global Language
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English for Specific/Academic Purposes
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Forensic Linguistics
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Genre Analysis
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Intercultural Communication
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Language and Literature
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Language Teaching Observation and Practice
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Management of Innovation
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Media Literacy
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Teacher Training
Please note that availability of optional modules can vary from year to year.
In addition, there are two non-assessed components in the programme. All students take a short course – Introduction to the Bank of English, which introduces them to the 400 million-word Cobuild Bank of English corpus, an invaluable collection of authentic language data against which theory, intuition and pedagogic materials can be measured
You will also complete a 12,000 word dissertation.