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The MA in Applied Linguistics at the University of Groningen is a unique track focussing on the processes involved in second language learning, as well as teaching theories. The program encompasses various fields of study, as learning and using a second language may be approached from many different angles. Students will explore and discuss the factors that relate to second language development, including cognition, psychology, social interaction, language teaching, and culture.

The Applied Linguistics MA program offers a broad overview of how languages work and how people learn and use them. It covers key areas like language development, bilingualism, language teaching, and language technology. Students get to explore pract…

The Erasmus Mundus international master's degree in Lexicography, taught by a consortium of universities and coordinated by the German university Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlagen-Nürnberg, has the study of Lexicography as its central axis. With an interdisciplinary approach, its objective is the scientific and academic training of students as well as facilitating their future insertion in the world of work through new training methods, the creation of knowledge networks, mobility, teaching in two languages (English and German) and carrying out internships in prestigious centers.

The inter-university master's degree provides training in advanced linguistics to graduates in Philology, Languages, Linguistics, Translation and Interpreting, Humanities and Sociology, to specialize them in the applied areas of Language Acquisition and Teaching, Communication and Linguistic Resources, and Lexicon, Grammar and Variation.

The MA in Applied Linguistics and Intercultural Studies is a one-year full time (or two-year part-time) taught programme and is offered on a full-time basis using a combination of faculty-student contact hours and self-directed learning and research.

The MA in Applied Linguistics is a versatile and interdisciplinary programme, which aims to provide you with a solid understanding of the basis of language and linguistics. Delivered by a team of tutors with internationally recognised academic expertise in a range of specialist areas, you will have the option to tailor your studies in either TESOL or English Language, whilst maintaining a broader connection to the discipline of linguistics.

In the Master of Applied Linguistics, you’ll explore a wide range of topics in Applied Linguistics, including how to carry out research on topics related to using, learning, and teaching second and additional languages.

Applied Linguistics (International) MA is about exploring language in use in a wide variety of real-world situations and contexts (technology, education, institutions, politics, media, the economy and wider society).

Gain the skills to progress in your language teaching career on our MA Applied Linguistics with TESOL, designed for experienced English language teachers.

The University Master's Degree in Theoretical and Applied Linguistics (MALTA) is a joint master's degree from the Faculty of Letters that offers the necessary training for future researchers in various fields of theoretical and applied linguistics, as well as a high specialization for those who want a higher degree of academic training and updating in the professional applications of language and linguistics, with its more than 100 lines of research and through a flexible teaching offer structure taught by specialists of recognized national and international prestige.

The MSc in TESOL and Applied Linguistics is a professionally-oriented higher degree for those who intend to pursue a career in language teaching (i.e., novice as well as practicing teachers) or careers in other professional areas related to language advocacy, policy, or research.

The B.A. program in linguistics in our department is designed to give students a solid background in the core areas of phonology, syntax, semantics, and pragmatics, as well as in more applied areas such as psycholinguistics and neurolinguistics. Studies in the department take place in English, but this is not the only language being studied; the approach in the department is that of general linguistics which aims to study human language and the human linguistic capacity.

This master's degree is designed to offer students a solid training in linguistics, both theoretical and applied. The module of compulsory subjects provides the student with the necessary theoretical and practical base to carry out any type of Final Master's Project in Linguistics. The modules of optional subjects allow the student to specialize in the desired fields. We want to train highly qualified specialists in linguistics, who know how to develop in multidisciplinary environments, have communication skills, know and use specific languages, master the virtual environment and new technologies, and know how to manage and organize information, as demanded by the labor market. The master's degree is also designed as a period of prior training to access a doctoral program in the linguistic field.

The postgraduate program in Applied Linguistics and Literary Theory, in drawing on the knowledge fields of both its disciplines, is aimed at the specialized education and training and research needs of language practitioners such as translators, interpreters, text editors, and language planners, copywriters, and language teachers. Translation and interpreting are complex linguistic, cognitive, and textual processes that, among other things, also entail socio-cultural mediation.

Do you want a solid foundation in linguistics and the freedom to explore your passions? Develop your expertise in the areas of language study that interest you the most.

The university master's degree in Applied Linguistics and Language Acquisition in Multilingual Contexts (LAALCM) is designed to train Spanish and international students to answer key questions in applied linguistics and second language acquisition in the world's numerous, diverse multilingual contexts. Students will learn to analyse these questions, develop a general understanding of the tools, techniques and methods required to answer them, and carry out their own research in a final project, in which they can apply the knowledge they have acquired.