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BA (Hons) English Language and Linguistics

University of Portsmouth ( Navitas ), United Kingdom
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Course Overview

Language shapes our experience of the world – from our social and emotional lives, to our experience of society, work, politics and culture. Immerse yourself in the nature of spoken and written language, and how it's used in everything from digital communication to forensic investigation.

You'll study how language works, including the relationships between language, the mind, and society, and how language varies through time, place, culture and identity. You'll explore the different ways people use language and what they use it for. Discover methods for analysing spoken and written language, how we learn language and how we teach it.

You'll develop sought-after skills including communication, creativity and critical thinking. You'll be taught by expert researchers and study alongside students within the School of Languages and Applied Linguistics – bringing opportunities to learn from the latest research and build intercultural relationships.

General Eligibility

  • A levels – ABB–BBC

  • UCAS points – 112-128 points to include a minimum of 2 A levels, including 32 points from A level English

  • International Baccalaureate – 26

Part Time Work Details

20 Hours of Work permit weekly for international students.

What You'll Study

1 Placement year

Optional modules

  • Study Abroad Year

  • Work Placement Year

2 Year 1

Core modules in this year include:

  • How Language Works

  • Investigating Language Practices

  • Language, Learning and Teaching

  • Language, Society and Mind: An Introduction to Linguistics

  • Working with Texts

3 Year 2

Core Modules:

  • English Forms and Functions

  • Meaning in English

Optional Modules:

  • Clinical Linguistics

  • Empire And Its Afterlives In Britain, Europe, And Africa

  • Engaged Citizenship In Humanities and Social Sciences

  • Forensic Linguistics

  • Global Security

  • Intercultural Perspectives on Communication

  • Language in Literature: Stylistics

  • Managing Across Cultures

  • Marketing and Communication

  • Modern Foreign Language (Institute-Wide Language Programme)

  • Modernity and Globalisation

  • Nationalism and Migration: Chaos, Crisis, and the Everyday

  • News, Discourse and Media

  • Principles of Economic Crime Investigation

  • Professional Experience

  • Second Language Acquisition

  • Space, Place and Being

  • TESOL (Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages)

  • Transitional Justice and Human Rights

  • Trinity Certificate Teaching Practice

  • Wildlife Crime: Threats and Response

4 Year 3

Core Module:

  • Dissertation/Major Project

Optional Modules:

  • Creativity in the Language Classroom

  • English Through Time

  • Englishes in the World

  • Gender, Language and Sexuality

  • Introduction to Teaching

  • Language and Social Media

  • Professional Development: Recruiters and Candidates

  • Professional Experience

  • Spoken Discourse in the Workplace

  • SLAL Study Abroad

  • Written Discourse in the Workplace

Language Requirement

The IELTS score for international applicants is 6.0(with no less than 5.5 in each component).

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