This MA course builds on the international reputation of the School of English at Nottingham as one of the foremost centres for English Language research in the world. The School's Applied Linguistics and English Language Teaching programme provides a broad course of study in language and linguistics. You will work with several world figures while discovering your own position in applied linguistics.
The principle of language study established at Nottingham combines theoretical and ideological dimensions with practical applications; in particular English Language Teaching (ELT). This course explores ELT from multiple perspectives, including Second Language Acquisition, motivation and individual learner differences, psycholinguistics, discourse analysis, and corpus linguistics, among others.
You will be taught using the latest advances in teaching methods and electronic resources, as well as small-group tuition.
Particular features of the programme include:
a theoretical grounding in research methodology and linguistic description
tuition with expert members of staff
teaching informed by active leading-edge researchers in the field
innovative and engaging teaching methods
Key facts
- This MA is convened in the Centre for Research in Applied Linguistics and is among the most popular postgraduate courses of its kind in the UK.
- The School was ranked 7th for English in The Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide 2015
In the world top 50 for English Literature, Language and Linguistics (QS World University Rankings by Subject 2014)
9th in the UK for 'research power' (REF 2014)
- Students who wish to apply for an ESRC PhD scholarship can follow the ESRC strand within the programme.
The MA in Applied Linguistics and English Language Teaching is also available as a web-based distance learning course.
Visit the
Applied Linguistics and English Language Teaching (MA)
page on the University of Nottingham website for more details!
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