Applied Linguistics and English Language Teaching MA

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:<br/><br/><br/>- second language acquisition<br/><br/><br/>- motivation and individual learner differences<br/><br/><br/>- psycholinguistics<br/><br/><br/>- discourse analysis<br/><br/><br/>- corpus linguistics<br/><br/><br/>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.<br/><br/>You are also able to choose optional modules, which cover topics including:<br/><br/><br/>- language teaching: speaking and listening<br/><br/><br/>- group dynamics and motivation<br/><br/><br/>- English vocabulary: teaching and learning<br/><br/><br/>- psychology of language<br/><br/><br/>- intercultural communication<br/>