Applied Linguistics and English Language Teaching MA

University of Nottingham School of English

Full time & Part time September MA Full-time: 12 months | Part-time: 24 to 36 months

FindAMasters summary

Are you a language teacher or aspiring to become one? Look no further than our Applied Linguistics and English Language Teaching MA programme. Delve into the fascinating world of English language teaching from various perspectives, including second language acquisition, psycholinguistics, and discourse analysis. Gain a solid foundation in research methods and explore optional modules such as language teaching, intercultural communication, and psychology of language. With a focus on small seminar groups and ample opportunities for discussion, you'll develop as a researcher. Our career-focused programme opens doors to diverse fields like education, marketing, and government. Join us and unlock your teaching potential. Entry requirements: 2:1 in English language/literature or related subject.

About the course

If you are a current language teacher, or interested in pursuing a career in teaching, this course is for you. We explore key issues in English language teaching from multiple perspectives, including:

second language acquisition
motivation and individual learner differences
psycholinguistics
discourse analysis
corpus linguistics

Our compulsory modules will give you a grounding in quantitative and qualitative research methods and key issues central to our understanding of second language acquisition.

You are also able to choose optional modules, which cover topics including:

Entry Requirements

2:1 (or international equivalent) in English language/literature or a related arts or humanities subject

Fees

Please see the university website for further information on fees for this course.

Where will I study?

University of Nottingham

Studying here will grant you access to world-leading teaching and research, with impressive facilities to support your studies. By choosing to study with us you will become part of a diverse community of over 46,000 students from 150 countries. You will work with passionate academics from around the globe and may have the chance to study at one of our international campuses in China or Malaysia.