Applied Linguistics MA 12 months Postgraduate Programme By University of Nottingham |TopUniversities
Subject Ranking

# 101-150QS Subject Rankings

Programme Duration

12 monthsProgramme duration

Tuitionfee

24,300 GBPTuition Fee/year

Main Subject Area

LinguisticsMain Subject Area

Programme overview

Main Subject

Linguistics

Degree

MA

Study Level

Masters

Study Mode

On Campus

Working alongside our expert staff, explore how linguistic research is applied to real-life contexts. You will have the option of studying modules in sociolinguistics, psychology of language, discourse analysis, stylistics, corpus linguistics, first and second language acquisition and teaching English as a foreign language. If you are particularly interested in teaching, please also see our MA Applied Linguistics with English Language Teaching (ELT) programme.

We introduce the key ideas and concepts in applied linguistics, training you in relevant research methods including quantitative and qualitative approaches. You also have access to training, software and resources for conducting corpus-assisted studies of language in use.

The key features of this course include:

  • A theoretical grounding in, and practical experience of, varied research methodologies
  • Teaching informed by active research
  • Flexibility in course content through optional modules taught by subject specialists. These include: business and organisational communication; language, gender and sexuality; second language acquisition; consciousness in fiction; corpus linguistics; psychology of language.

Programme overview

Main Subject

Linguistics

Degree

MA

Study Level

Masters

Study Mode

On Campus

Working alongside our expert staff, explore how linguistic research is applied to real-life contexts. You will have the option of studying modules in sociolinguistics, psychology of language, discourse analysis, stylistics, corpus linguistics, first and second language acquisition and teaching English as a foreign language. If you are particularly interested in teaching, please also see our MA Applied Linguistics with English Language Teaching (ELT) programme.

We introduce the key ideas and concepts in applied linguistics, training you in relevant research methods including quantitative and qualitative approaches. You also have access to training, software and resources for conducting corpus-assisted studies of language in use.

The key features of this course include:

  • A theoretical grounding in, and practical experience of, varied research methodologies
  • Teaching informed by active research
  • Flexibility in course content through optional modules taught by subject specialists. These include: business and organisational communication; language, gender and sexuality; second language acquisition; consciousness in fiction; corpus linguistics; psychology of language.

Admission Requirements

71+
3+
6.5+
90+
2:1 (or international equivalent) in English language/literature or a related arts or humanities subject

12 Months
Sep

Domestic
9,250 GBP
International
24,300 GBP

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