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BA (Hons) English Language & Linguistics

University of Lancashire, United Kingdom
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Course Overview

Our programme allows you to specialise in different language pathways:

  • Language systems, studying language structure, acquisition & processing and language change.

  • Language and communication, studying how language varies according to user and context.

You can also choose to include TESOL modules (teaching English to Students of Other Languages), enabling you to teach both in the UK and abroad.

General Eligibility

  • UCAS: 104-112 points at A2

  • BTEC Extended Diploma: DMM

  • BTEC Diploma: D*D-D*D*

  • Pass Access Course: 104-112 points

  • International Baccalaureate Diploma: Pass including 104-112 points from Higher Level subjects

  • T Level: M

  • IELTS: 6.0 with no component lower than 5.5

  • GCSEs: 5 at grade C/4 including Maths and English

Part Time Work Details

20 Hours of Work permit weekly for international students.

What You'll Study

1 Year 1

Compulsory modules:

  • Meaning in Interaction

  • ELSIE (English Language Studies Initiative for Employability)

  • Sounds and Structures of English

Optional modules:

  • Beginners Greek Language

  • Beginners French Language

  • Beginners German Language

  • Beginners Spanish Language

  • Beginners Italian Language

  • Beginners Russian Language

  • Beginners Chinese Language

  • Beginners Arabic Language

  • An Introduction to British Sign Language

  • TESOL Compulsory 1A: Theories and Practice in TESOL

  • TESOL Compulsory 1B - Theories and Practice in TESOL

  • Language Variation in Society

  • Language, Gender and Identity

  • Corpus Linguistics

  • British Sign Language 100

2 Year 2

Compulsory modules:

  • Academic Writing and Graduate Development

Optional modules:

  • ESOL and World Englishes

  • TESOL Compulsory 2A: Teaching Practice

  • Project Planning and Research Methods in Language Teaching

  • TESOL Compulsory 2B: Theories in TESOL

  • Language, Gender and Identity

  • Corpus Linguistics

  • Sociolinguistics

  • Framing the News

  • Language, Mind and Brain

  • Language and Literature

  • Metaphor and Meaning

  • Guided Study Project

  • History of English

  • English Accents and Dialects

  • Approaches to Syntax

3 Year 3

Optional modules:

  • Teaching Practicum

  • Work Experience in TESOL: Reflection, Real Life and The Road Ahead

  • Testing and Assessment in TESOL

  • TESOL Compulsory 3: Theories & Practice in TESOL

  • Current Issues in TESOL

  • Teaching Young Learners

  • Language and Power

  • Forensic Linguistics

  • Clinical Linguistics and Language Pathology

  • Graduate Career Planning

  • English Phonology

  • English Syntax

  • World Grammars: contrastive linguistics

  • Discourse, Argumentation, Rhetoric

  • English in Education

  • English Language & Linguistics dissertation

  • Independent Research Project

  • Dissertation

Language Requirement

  • IELTS5.5
  • TOEFL59
  • PTE50
  • Duolingo69
IELTS: Score of 6.0 with no component lower than 5.5

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