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Open University BA (Honours) in English Language
Open University

BA (Honours) in English Language

Online United Kingdom

3 up to 6 Years

English

Full time, Part time

05 Sep 2024

Oct 2024

GBP 21,816 *

Distance Learning

* total cost; part-time at a rate of 60 credits is £3,636 per year

Key Summary

    About: The BA (Honours) in English Language program offers an in-depth exploration of the English language's structure, development, and societal implications. Students engage with fundamental linguistic theories while examining various forms of communication and literary styles. The curriculum focuses on the interplay between language and culture, and it incorporates practical language skills alongside academic theory.
    Career Outcomes: Graduates can pursue careers in fields such as teaching, publishing, journalism, content writing, and language consultancy. Opportunities also exist in marketing, advertising, and communication roles within various industries.

Introduction

This degree explores human communication by focusing on the English language, its history, diversity and flexibility. You’ll learn what distinguishes machine language from human language and how people adapt and change their ways of communicating in multilingual and multicultural contexts.

You’ll investigate how language works from written texts and conversations down to words and the smallest units of sounds, through words, conversations and written texts. You’ll also explore English as a creative medium to express humour, thoughts and emotions. It’s not, however, designed to teach English to speakers of other languages.

Key features

  • Explores the history of English, its contemporary diversity, its role as a global language and its use in various parts of the world.
  • Engages in debates surrounding the historical and contemporary position of English in other languages.
  • Teaches strategies that promote critical evaluation of texts about the social, artistic and cultural contexts in which they’re produced.
  • Develops you as a competent communicator who can synthesise information, assemble logical arguments and write coherently.
  • Reveals how the English language works and how the choice of words and grammar affect the message.

Accessibility

Our qualifications are as accessible as possible, and we have a comprehensive range of support services. Our BA (Honours) English Language uses a variety of study materials and includes the following elements:

  • Online study – most modules are online; some have a mix of printed and online material. Online learning resources could include websites, audio/video, and interactive activities
  • Online tutorials
  • Group-work
  • Finding external/third-party material online
  • Accessing online catalogues and databases
  • Specialist material
  • Assessment in the form of short-answer questions, essays, and examinations
  • Feedback – continuous assessment includes feedback from your tutor and using this to improve your performance
  • Pre-determined schedules – we’ll help you to develop your time-management skills

How long it takes

  • Part-time study - 6 years
  • Full-time study - 3-4 years
  • Time limit - 16 years
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