Colchester, United Kingdom
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English
PACE
Full time
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Introduction
English Language and Linguistics BA
What is the range of sounds found in human languages? Which of those sounds are used by English to construct words? How are words combined to form meaningful sentences in English, and are the same patterns of combination found in other languages? How does society and social pressure affect the way we speak? How do different varieties of English evolve? These are some of the questions you will address in the course.
Language is central to all human activity from important negotiations between nation states to spontaneous conversations in cafés. Through your study of language, you come to understand the nature of human social life.
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Curriculum
Year 1
- Sounds
- Understanding Data in Linguistics
- Foundations of Sociolinguistics
- Words and Sentences
- Careers and Employability Skills for Languages and Linguistics
Year 2
- English Language in the media
- Research methods for language and linguistics
- Careers and Employability Skills for Languages and Linguistics
Final Year
- Careers and Employability Skills for Languages and Linguistics
- Project: Linguistics
- English in the British Isles
- English Around the World
Program Outcome
Foundational modules in the first and second year will teach you how to analyse linguistic sound systems, word structure, sentence structure, meaning and language use, and apply your knowledge to the analysis of English. You will then be able to make informed choices about areas of English or Linguistics you want to study in greater depth through study options, such as:
- Phonetics
- English around the World
- Language and the Mind
- Conversation and Social Interaction
- Institutional Talk
- English Language in the Media
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Career Opportunities
Studying language and linguistics allows you to develop your research and IT skills by collecting and analysing linguistic data using state-of-the-art technology, and a combination of team-work and independent projects enhances your communication, problem-solving, and management skills.
Our graduates have gone on to have careers in a wide variety of fields, including teaching, journalism, advertising, marketing, travel, communications, publishing, speech and language therapy, and business administration.
Program delivery
English Language and Linguistics BA: 3 years
English Language and Linguistics BA (Including Year Abroad): 4 years
English Language and Linguistics BA (Including Placement Year): 4 years
- Teaching is arranged to allow freedom in how you organise your learning experience
- Examples of practical work include digitally recording dialect speakers in a small traditional fishing community, or scouring digitised child language databanks
- Other teaching methods include lectures, demonstrations and learning by teaching others