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BA English Language and Linguistics with Placement Experience

University of Reading

Institution
University of Reading
Level
undergraduate
Subject
BA English Language and Linguistics with Placement Experience
Duration
4 years
UCAS code
Q311
Typical offer
A-level BBB, IB 30

Entry requirements

A level: BBB IB: 30 points overall

About this course

BA in English Language and Linguistics and Linguistics, a four-year undergraduate programme. Core topics include research methods, data analysis, language and translation, and global and comparative perspectives. The third year includes an integrated work placement in a professional setting. Students may complete a dissertation or professional communication project in the final year.

Modules

  • English Language and Society
  • Techniques and Skills for Applied Linguistics
  • Sounds, Grammar and Meaning
  • Globalisation and Language
  • Introduction to Linguistics
  • Optional Language or University Wide Modules
  • Approaches to Film
  • Roman History: the rise and fall of the Republic
  • Modern American Culture and Counterculture
  • Arriving in Britain: a History of Immigration, 1685-2004
  • Thinking Translation: History and Theory
  • Discourse Analysis
  • English Grammar and Phonology
  • Sociolinguistics
  • Language and the Mind
  • Language and Gender
  • Analysing Speech
  • Introduction to English Language Teaching
  • Language and Digital Media
  • Noise Annoys: British Youth Culture, Popular Music and Social Change, 1950s-90s
  • Unity, Nationalism and Regionalism in Europe
  • Optional Language or University Wide Modules
  • Language in Professional Communication
  • Professional Communication Project
  • Dissertation
  • Child Language Development
  • Introduction to Corpus Linguistics
  • Issues in Bilingualism
  • Intercultural Communication
  • Teaching the Language Skills
  • Introduction to Speech and Language Pathology
  • Language and Power
  • Optional Language or University Wide Modules