Applied Linguistics (MA-Diploma)

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Cardiff University

Comments about Applied Linguistics (MA-Diploma) - At the institution - Cardiff - Cardiff - Cardiff - Wales

• Objectives
  Offers knowledge and expertise to take you onto a role in any profession requiring specialised language awareness, including language teaching.
• Entry requirements
  Entry Requirements:
  1st or 2nd class UK Honours degree, or equivalent.
  
  Suitable for graduates in language-related disciplines, or with relevant language-related experience, including language teaching.
  
  Applicant whose first language is not English are normally expected to have a minimum IELTS score of 7 overall.
• Academic title
  Applied Linguistics (MA/Diploma)
• Course description
  Course Description:
  A full-time modular programme with taught courses over two semesters (PG Diploma or for the MA, Stage 1), followed by a supervised dissertation (for the MA, Stage 2) of between 14,000 and 20,000 words between May and September. Assessment of the taught component is by coursework only. Students select five modules from the list below, in addition to the Foundation Module in Language and Communication Research. Compulsory modules are indicated with two asterisks, and strongly recommended modules with one asterisk.
  
  -Foundations of Language and Communication Research **
  -Language Description *
  -Phonology *
  -Applied Linguistics for Language Teaching
  -Current Issues in Sociolinguistics
  -Discourse and Social Interaction
  -Forensic Linguistics
  -Language Attitudes and Persuasiveness
  -Issues in English Language Teaching
  -Language Testing and Assessment
  -Lexis
  -Multimodality
  -Qualitative Research Methods
  -Quantitative Research Methods
  
  Special Features:
  A well-established reputation in a number of teaching and research areas related to sociolinguistics, lexicogrammar, phonology, language education, computational linguistics, journalism and maass communications.
  

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